variants
or less commonly crater
: a jar or vase of classical antiquity having a large round body and a wide mouth and used for mixing wine and water
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Von Bothmer, who died in 2009, had long denied being lax in his acquisition standards or cavalier in accepting the krater.
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Tom Mashberg, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023
In an agreement which saw the Euphronios krater returned to Italy, the Met has received objects on loan.
—Seth Doane, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2023
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has also relinquished scores of antiquities with questionable provenance to Italy, most famously the 2,500-year-old Euphronios krater and more than a dozen pieces of Hellenistic silver in 2006.
—CNN, 5 June 2021
From 2006 to 2011, the Met returned 20 Roman objects in addition to the krater, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles gave back 47, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston repatriated 13.
—Tom Mashberg, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2020
Among other finds was an Apulian red figure krater dated to around 360-350 B.C. which was found at the Metropolitan Museum of New York.
—Claudio Lavanga, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2017
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Tom Mashberg, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023
In an agreement which saw the Euphronios krater returned to Italy, the Met has received objects on loan.
—Seth Doane, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2023
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has also relinquished scores of antiquities with questionable provenance to Italy, most famously the 2,500-year-old Euphronios krater and more than a dozen pieces of Hellenistic silver in 2006.
—CNN, 5 June 2021
From 2006 to 2011, the Met returned 20 Roman objects in addition to the krater, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles gave back 47, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston repatriated 13.
—Tom Mashberg, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2020
Among other finds was an Apulian red figure krater dated to around 360-350 B.C. which was found at the Metropolitan Museum of New York.
—Claudio Lavanga, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2017
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“Krater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/krater. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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