Technique
Geometric
Period
c. 900–700 BC
Collection
973 vases
The earliest Greek painted pottery style, characterised by abstract geometric patterns — meanders, zigzags, hatched triangles — and eventually stylised figures of mourners and warriors. The great Dipylon vases of Athens are the masterpieces of this tradition.
973 examples
Terracotta pithoid jar
ca. 1375–1325 BCE
Terracotta stirrup jar
ca. 1325–1300 BCE
Terracotta pithoid jar
ca. 1325–1300 BCE
Terracotta stirrup jar
ca. 1325–1200 BCE
Terracotta globular jug
ca. 1300–1200 BCE
Terracotta stirrup jar
ca. 1300–1200 BCE
Terracotta female figure
ca. 1300–1200 BCE
Terracotta one-handled cup
Kylix
· ca. 1300–1200 BCE
Terracotta beak-spouted jug
ca. 1300–1200 BCE
Terracotta stirrup jar
ca. 1300–1190 BCE
Terracotta pithoid jar
ca. 1300–1190 BCE
Terracotta stirrup jar
ca. 1300–1190 BCE
Terracotta stirrup jar
ca. 1300–1200 BCE
Terracotta stirrup jar
ca. 1300–1230 BCE
Terracotta stirrup jar
ca. 1300–1200 BCE
Terracotta female figure in three-legged chair
13th century BCE
Terracotta pithoid jar
ca. 13th century BCE
Mycenaean female figurine
13th century BCE
Terracotta squat alabastron (jar)
ca. 13th century BCE
Terracotta stirrup jar
ca. 1300–1230 BCE
Terracotta stirrup jar
ca. 1200–1050 BCE
Flask, lentoid
1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta lentoid flask
ca. 1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta kalathos (basket)
ca. 1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta globular bottle with two handles
ca. 1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta stirrup jar
ca. 1200–1050 BCE
Amphora
Amphora
· 1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta askos (flask with a spout and handle over the top) in the form of a bird
1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta ring-kernos (offering vessel)
ca. 1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta askos (vessel) in the form of a fish
ca. 1200–1175 BCE
Terracotta rhyton (libation vessel) in the form of a horse
ca. 1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta bottle
ca. 1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta askos (vessel) in the form of a bird
ca. 1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta stirrup jar
ca. 1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta stirrup jar
ca. 1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta askos (vessel) with horse protome
ca. 1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta composite triple flask
1200–1050 BCE
Bottle
1200–1050 BCE
Bowl
1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta male head
ca. 1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta statue of a bull
ca. 1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta stirrup jar
ca. 1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta askos (vessel) in the form of a lion
1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta askos (flask with spout and handle over the top)
1200–1050 BCE
Terracotta krater
Krater
· ca. 1150–1100 BCE
Amphora
Amphora
Strainer
Amphora
Amphora
Cup
Kylix
Bowl
Bowl
Tray
Oinochoe
Oinochoe
Jug
Amphora
Amphora
Oinochoe
Oinochoe
Bowl
Krater
Krater
Oinochoe
Oinochoe
Oinochoe
Oinochoe
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