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

Plate

Amphora

Amphora · 750–600 BCE

Terracotta figure of a man

Terracotta figure of a man

ca. 750–600 BCE

Standing male figurine

Standing male figurine

ca. 750–600 BCE

Standing female figurine holding an amphora on her head

Standing female figurine holding an amphora on her head

ca. 750–600 BCE

Terracotta woman carrying a jar

Terracotta woman carrying a jar

ca. 750–600 BCE

Terracotta figure wearing a bull mask

Terracotta figure wearing a bull mask

ca. 750–600 BCE

Standing male figurine with uplifted arms

Standing male figurine with uplifted arms

ca. 750–600 BCE

Standing male flute player with a serpent around his shoulders

Standing male flute player with a serpent around his shoulders

ca. 750–600 BCE

Shield bearer

ca. 750–600 BCE

Archer, probably from a chariot group

Archer, probably from a chariot group

ca. 750–600 BCE

Juglet

Amphora

Amphora · 750–600 BCE

Jug

Terracotta jug

ca. 750–600 BCE

Amphoriskos

Juglet

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

Krater

Krater · 750–600 BCE

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

Terracotta footed bowl

Terracotta footed bowl

Kylix · 750–600 BCE

Jug

Amphora

Chariot wheel

ca. 750–600 BCE

Jug

Jug

Juglet

Juglet

Jug

Jug, barrel-shaped

Jug, barrel-shaped

Amphora

Amphora · 750–600 BCE

Amphora

Amphora · 750–600 BCE

Amphora

Amphora · 750–600 BCE

Juglet

Terracotta holmos (stand)

Terracotta holmos (stand)

late 8th–early 7th century BCE

Terracotta dinos (bowl)

Terracotta dinos (bowl)

Dinos · late 8th–early 7th century BCE

Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)

Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)

Aryballos · late 8th–early 7th century BCE

Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)

Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)

Aryballos · late 8th–early 7th century BCE

Jar

ca. 700–675 BCE

Jar with lid

7th century BCE

Terracotta two-handled bowl

Terracotta two-handled bowl

7th century BCE

Dish

7th century BCE

Vase

first half of the 7th century BCE

Cup

Kylix · early 7th century BCE

Stand

first half of 7th century BCE

Stand

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