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 jug fragment with bands and hatched triangles
ca. 2900–2300 BCE
Terracotta jug
ca. 2900–2300 BCE
Terracotta shallow bowl
ca. 2900–2300 BCE
Two terracotta rim fragments from a closed vase
ca. 2900–2300 BCE
Terracotta rim fragment from a straight-sided open vase
ca. 2900–2300 BCE
Terracotta rim, body and handle from a cup
Kylix
· ca. 2900–2300 BCE
Terracotta shallow bowl
ca. 2900–2300 BCE
Terracotta upper-body fragment with hatched triangle, probably from a pyxis (box with lid)
ca. 2900–2300 BCE
Terracotta vessel fragment with cross-hatched design
ca. 2900–2300 BCE
Terracotta rim, handle, and upper body of a bowl
ca. 2900–2300 BCE
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Terracotta side-spouted jug
ca. 2600–2400 BCE
Terracotta side-spouted jug
ca. 2600–2400 BCE
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Jug beak
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Jug beak
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