▁would ▁have ▁cut ▁a ▁U - sh aped ▁arch ▁in ▁the ▁cl ay ▁before ▁att aching ▁the ▁handle ▁to ▁the ▁body ▁of ▁the ▁v ase . ▁ ▁Bell ▁kr ater ▁▁ ▁Bell ▁k rat ers ▁were ▁first ▁made ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁fifth ▁century ▁which ▁meant ▁that ▁it ▁came ▁later ▁than ▁the ▁three ▁other ▁kr ater ▁types ▁This ▁form ▁of ▁kr ater ▁looks ▁like ▁an ▁invert ed ▁bell ▁with ▁handles ▁that ▁are ▁faced ▁up . ▁Bell ▁k rat ers ▁are ▁red - figure ▁and ▁not ▁black - figure ▁like ▁the ▁other ▁k rat ers . ▁ ▁Metal ▁k rat ers ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁most ▁sch ol ars ▁cer am ic ▁k rat ers ▁im itated ▁shapes ▁designed ▁initially ▁for ▁metal ▁vessels ; ▁these ▁were ▁common ▁in ▁anti qu ity , ▁but ▁surv iv als ▁are ▁very ▁rare , ▁as ▁the ▁metal ▁was ▁rec y cl able . ▁Among ▁the ▁largest ▁and ▁most ▁famous ▁metal ▁k rat ers ▁in ▁anti qu ity ▁were ▁one ▁in ▁the ▁possession ▁of ▁the ▁Sam ian ▁t yr ant ▁Poly cr ates , ▁and ▁another ▁one ▁dedicated ▁by ▁Cro es us ▁to ▁the ▁Del ph ic ▁oracle . ▁There ▁are ▁a ▁few ▁ext ant ▁Arch a ic ▁bronze ▁k rat ers ▁( or ▁often ▁only ▁their ▁handles ), ▁almost ▁exclus ively ▁of ▁the ▁vol ute - type . ▁Their ▁main ▁production ▁cent res ▁were ▁Spart a , ▁Arg os ▁and ▁Cor inth , ▁in ▁Pel op onnes us . ▁During ▁the ▁Class ical ▁period ▁the ▁Vol ute - type ▁continued