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A krater or crater was a large two-handled type of vase in Ancient Greek pottery and metalwork, mostly used for the mixing of wine with water.
Young rider crowned by a winged Nike (Victory), by Sisyphus Painter, c. 420 BC, in the Louvre
Manner of Lydos, black-figure column crater depicting swans, c. 550 BC, Museum of the Ancient Agora, Athens
Euphronios & Euxitheos, Cratère attique à figures rouges, 515–510 BC, Louvre
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Vix Grave
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The Vix Grave is a burial mound near the village of Vix in northern Burgundy. The broader site is a prehistoric Celtic complex from the Late Hallstatt and Early La Tène periods, consisting of a fortif
Krater
…from Macedonian 4th century BC graves. Among them the gilded Derveni Krater represents an exceptional chef d'œuvre of late Classical metalwork. The Vix bronze crater, found in a Celtic tomb in central France, is the largest known Greek krater, being 1.63 m in height and over 200 kg in weight. Others were in silver…
The Vix Krater, an imported Greek wine-mixing vessel found in the famous grave of the "Lady of Vix"
Mont Lassois.
Part of the Vix palace, late 6th century BC
Tumulus and burial chamber.