Technique
Red-figure
Period
c. 530–320 BC
Collection
35588 vases
The technique that revolutionised Greek vase painting. Figures are left in the natural red clay colour while the background is painted black. This allowed painters to use a brush for internal details instead of an incising tool, enabling far greater naturalism, anatomical detail, and emotional expression.
35588 examples
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Tarracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
mid-1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Tarracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 40–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 45–90 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta green-glazed jug handle
ca. 50–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
2nd half of 1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
2nd half of 1st century CE
Terracotta pyxis (box) with lid
Pyxis
· 1st–mid-2nd century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
2nd half of 1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 50–100 CE
Terracotta bowl
2nd half of 1st century AD
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 50–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 50–100 CE
Terrocotta oil lamp
2nd half of 1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 50–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 50–100 CE
Terracotta jug
2nd half of the 1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta bowl with barbotine decoration
mid-1st to mid-2nd century CE
Terracotta mortarium fragment
50–85 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta bowl
2nd half of 1st century AD
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 50–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta amphora (jar)
Amphora
· 2nd half of 1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
2nd half of 1st century CE
Terracotta marbled slip ware bowl
mid-1st century CE
Terracotta plate
ca. 60–150 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 70–120 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 70–120 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
late 1st–early 2nd century CE
Terracotta strainer jug
1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 70–120 CE
Terracotta one-handled cup
Kylix
· late 1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 70–100 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 70–120 CE
Terracotta amphora (two-handled jar)
Amphora
· ca. late 1st century CE
Terracotta cup
Kylix
· ca. 70–150 CE
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