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Wine Across Cultures: From Symposium to Celebration

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

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

A large mixing bowl decorated with five men reclining at a symposium, the ritualized drinking party central to Greek male society.

Entrance → Gallery 154

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

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

From the Great Hall, walk through galleries 150 and 152 to reach gallery 154 in Greek and Roman Art.