Vases › Orientalising

Technique

Orientalising

Period c. 720–620 BC

Collection 222 vases

As Greek trade with the Near East expanded, potters adopted eastern motifs — lions, sphinxes, griffins, lotus flowers — creating a luxuriant new decorative vocabulary. Corinth led this revolution, and Proto-Corinthian pottery is its finest expression.

222 examples

Jug

Terracotta jug

ca. 750–600 BCE

Terracotta jug

ca. 750–600 BCE

Jug

Terracotta barrel jug with strainer

Terracotta barrel jug with strainer

ca. 750–600 BCE

Jug

Terracotta jug

Terracotta jug

ca. 750–600 BCE

Juglet

Jug

Jug

Jug

Jug

Juglet

Terracotta jug

Krater

Krater · 750–600 BCE

Terracotta jug

ca. 750–600 BCE

Terracotta jug

Terracotta jug

ca. 750–600 BCE

Terracotta jug

ca. 750–600 BCE

Terracotta jug

ca. 750–600 BCE

Amphoriskos

Jar, Canaanite

Juglet

Jug

Chariot wheel

ca. 750–600 BCE

Jug

Jug

Terracotta statuette of a man holding a quadruped

Terracotta statuette of a man holding a quadruped

ca. 750–600 BCE

Standing male tambourine player

Standing male tambourine player

ca. 750–600 BCE

Juglet

Terracotta statuette of a male figure holding the head and neck of a mask or image

Terracotta statuette of a male figure holding the head and neck of a mask or image

ca. 750–600 BCE

Jug, spouted

Terracotta footed bowl

Terracotta footed bowl

Kylix · 750–600 BCE

Shield bearer

ca. 750–600 BCE

Juglet

Juglet

Amphora

Terracotta jug

ca. 750–600 BCE

Amphora

Amphora · 750–600 BCE

Terracotta trick vase

Terracotta trick vase

ca. 750–600 BCE

Jug

Amphoriskos

Terracotta statuette of a man, probably a warrior

Terracotta statuette of a man, probably a warrior

ca. 750–600 BCE

Juglet

Bowl

Bowl

Amphora

Amphora · 750–600 BCE

Jug

Dinos

Dinos · 750–600 BCE

Dinos

Dinos · 750–600 BCE

Kylix

Kylix · 750–600 BCE

Juglet

Juglet

Juglet

Jug

Krater

Krater · 750–600 BCE

Krater

Krater · 750–600 BCE

Kylix

Kylix · ca. 750–600 BCE

Jug

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