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Wine Across Cultures: From Ritual to Revelry

Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Gallery 154 · Karkinos Painter · ca. 500 BCE · Met web page

A red-figure volute-krater showing five men reclining at a symposium, engaged in conversation—the vessel itself a window into the social rituals of ancient Athens.

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Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) by Karkinos Painter

Move to the adjacent gallery 154, just a short walk from gallery 155.