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Attributed to Sophilos
Sophilos is the first known artist from the Athenian Potters' quarter to have signed his name on his work—once as potter and three times as painter. This early form of the volute-krater is decorated with two boars in front and a bull with another animal in back.
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Title: Terracotta volute-krater (vase for mixing wine and water)
Artist:
Attributed to Sophilos
Period: Archaic
Date: early 6th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 3/8 x 21 13/16in. (49.2 x 55.4cm)
diameter 17 7/8in. (45.4cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Fried Gift, 1977
Object Number: 1977.11.2
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