Item: Greek column krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Material: Red-figure ware

Place of origin: Athens, Florence painter

Date of origin: c. 460 BC

Accession number: 1326

Description: The god Hephaestus' return to Olympus. He rides a mule, holding a vine in his left hand. He wears a short chiton, cloak and narrow fillet and is guided by a satyr (playing the double pipes) and a maenad (wearing a peplos, necklace and tiara) lighting the way with two torches.