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Krater
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Krater 

a vessel made out of metal or clay that was used in ancient Greece and Rome for mixing wine with water. It has a wide neck, a large body, two handles, and a base. Clay kraters from the ninth through the fifth century B.C. were decorated with paintings; metal kraters from this period were decorated with reliefs. There are also marble kraters, embellished with reliefs.
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A quick visual survey of the Ringling's vault doesn't reveal anything really outsized, although in one corner is a pile (I don't know how else to describe it) of large late Helladic or maybe proto-Geometric kraters and amphorae.
Treasures of the vault by Gigliotti, Davidson / Sarasota Magazine
 
 
 
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