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 zoomorphic askos (vessel) with a ram's head
ca. 1725–1600 BCE
Terracotta zoomorphic askos (vessel) with antlers
ca. 1725–1600 BCE
Terracotta composite jug
ca. 1725–1600 BCE
Terracotta statuette of a woman
ca. 1725–1450 BCE
Terracotta standing human figure
ca. 1725–1450 BCE
Terracotta rim or handle from a large vase
ca. 1700–1600 BCE
Terracotta beaked jug
ca. 1700–1600 BCE
Terracotta jug with spirals
ca. 1700–1600 BCE
Terracotta bowl with handle
ca. 1700–1600 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (jar)
Pyxis
· ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (jar)
Pyxis
· ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta vase in the form of a bull
1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta rattle
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta vase in the form of a fish
ca. 1600 BCE
Terracotta bowl
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta lentoid flask
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta spindle bottle
1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta spindle bottle
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta spindle bottle
1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta bowl
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta jug
ca. 1600–1200 BCE
Terracotta jug
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta statuette of the upper part of a woman
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta rattle (?) in the form of an owl
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta one-handled cup
Kylix
· ca. 1600–1500 BCE
Terracotta hemispherical cup
Kylix
· ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta rim and upper body fragment from a straight-sided cup with tortoiseshell ripple motif
Kylix
· ca. 1600–1525 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (jar)
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (jar)
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta jug
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta cup with one handle
Kylix
· ca. 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
Vase fragment
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Vase fragments
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta lentoid flask
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta juglet
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta bowl with wishbone handle
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta vase in the form of a bull
1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta tankard
ca. 1600–1150 BCE
Terracotta jug with incised decoration
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta jug
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta white-shaved juglet
1600–1050 BCE
Jug
1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta beak-spouted jug
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta jug
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Bowl
1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta rattle (?)
1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta one-handled cup
Kylix
· ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta jug
1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta biconical spindle-whorl
ca. 1600–1200 BCE
Terracotta biconical spindle-whorl
ca. 1600–1200 BCE
Small terracotta biconical spindle-whorl
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
Terracotta bowl
1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta two-handled bowl with spout
ca. 1600–1150 BCE
Terracotta bowl
ca. 1600–1150 BCE
Terracotta tankard
ca. 1600–1450 BCE
Terracotta jug
ca. 1600–1200 BCE
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