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 statuette of a woman
ca. 1725–1450 BCE
Terracotta jug
ca. 1725–1600 BCE
Terracotta jug
ca. 1725–1600 BCE
Terracotta amphora
Amphora
· ca. 1725–1600 BCE
Terracotta standing human figure
ca. 1725–1450 BCE
Terracotta bowl with handle
ca. 1700–1600 BCE
Terracotta rim or handle from a large vase
ca. 1700–1600 BCE
Terracotta jug with spirals
ca. 1700–1600 BCE
Terracotta beaked jug
ca. 1700–1600 BCE
Terracotta bridge-spouted jar
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (jar)
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (jar)
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta jug
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (jar)
Pyxis
· ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (jar)
Pyxis
· ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta jug
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta bowl
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta juglet
ca. 1600–1150 BCE
Terracotta jug
ca. 1600–1150 BCE
Terracotta vessel fragment with floral design
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta two-handled bowl
ca. 1600–1150 BCE
Terracotta vessel fragment with grass motif
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta jug
ca. 1600–1200 BCE
Terracotta tankard
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta bowl
ca. 1600–1150 BCE
Jug
1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta two-handled bowl with spout
ca. 1600–1150 BCE
Bowl
1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta bowl
1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta jug
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta tankard
ca. 1600–1200 BCE
Terracotta jug
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta juglet
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta vessel fragment with grass motif
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta vessel fragment with floral motif and band
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta vessel fragment with grass motif
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta one-handled cup
Kylix
· ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta conical rhyton (vase for liquid offerings)
ca. 1600–1500 BCE
Terracotta bridge-spouted jar
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Vase fragment
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta sherd from the mouth of a vase with neck ridge
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta beak-spouted jug
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta one-handled cup
Kylix
· ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta one-handled cup
Kylix
· ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta bowl with wishbone handle
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta juglet
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta rattle
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta vase in the form of a bull
1600–1050 BCE
Vase fragment
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Vase fragment
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta jug
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Vase fragment
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Vase fragment
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta white-shaved juglet
1600–1050 BCE
Vase fragments
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta jug
1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta vessel fragment with floral motif
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Vase fragment
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Vase fragment
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Vase fragment
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
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