Psykter

Example of a psykter (Louvre)

A psykter (in Greek ψυκτήρ "cooler") is a type of Greek pot that is characterized by a bulbous body set on a high, narrow foot. It was used as a wine cooler. The psykter would be filled with wine, and then be placed in a krater full of cold water.^[1] The style was produced from the late sixth century to the middle part of the fifth century BC.^[2]

References

↑ Red-figured wine-cooler (psykter), signed by Douris as painter http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/r/red-figured_wine-cooler.aspx
↑ http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/tools/pottery/shapes/psykter.htm

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Greek vase shapes

Wine vessels	Amphora Kotyle Kantharos Kyathos Kylix Lakaina Mastos Oenochoe Pelike Psykter Rhyton Skyphos

Water vessels	Hydria Hydriske Kalpis

Mixing vessels	Dinos Krater

Cookware	Chuta Lebes

Tableware	Pinakion

Perfume, oil, and wedding	Alabastron Aryballos Askos Lebes Gamikos Lekythos Loutrophoros Lydion Pelike Pyxis Stirrup jar

Funerary and religious	Kernos Lekythos Loutrophoros Phiale

Storage	Amphora Chuta Kalathos Lebes Pelike Pithos Situla Stamnos

Other	Band skyphos Epinetron Kernos Luchnos

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