Psykter Pottery
Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET), New York
Psykter Pottery
Psykter Pottery
Psykteres were special items for the symposium. The psykter would be filled with ice-cold water and set in the middle of a large bowl (a krater) filled with wine, so as to cool it.
British Museum, London
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