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The Bell-Krater
The bowl where wine met water — the beating heart of every Greek symposium.
What
A terracotta bell-krater — the wide bowl in which wine was mixed with water before the drinking began — by the hand known as the Methyse Painter.
Why
A faithful reproduction of a public-domain work in The Metropolitan Museum (CC0). No house treatment; the painter’s own line, five centuries before Christ.
Notice
The painter is named for Methyse — “Drunkenness” — a maenad on another of his pots.
“Civilisation was the ratio of water to wine.”
Format
The full-resolution, colour-managed file — yours to print and keep. Editions ship with their certificate.
Sized to protect print quality — this source supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$39.00
Honesty
ReproductionA faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 07.286.85.
- Kind
- reproduction
- Artist
- Methyse Painter
- Era
- Attic red-figure, ca. 450 BCE
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — a work of antiquity (Pompeii / the Greek vase canon). Cleared by open-access-registrar on 2026-07-18. The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0). isPublicDomain:true; accession 07.286.85; direct-fetch confirmed 2026-07-18.
