Greek Vases

Ancient pottery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art — 9 vases

Guide to Vase Shapes How the Greeks Made Their Vases

Intact All Fragments

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Terracotta box of a pyxis

Cycladic ca. 3200–2800 BCE

Terracotta box of a pyxis (small box)

Cycladic ca. 3000–2800 BCE

Fragment of a terracotta offering vessel

Fragment of a terracotta offering vessel

Cycladic ca. 2700–2300 BCE

Terracotta collared jar with four lug handles

collared jar with four lug handles

Cycladic ca. 2700 BCE

Terracotta collared jar with four lug handles

collared jar with four lug handles

Cycladic ca. 2700–2200 BCE

Terracotta kernos (vase for multiple offerings)

kernos (vase for multiple offerings)

Cycladic ca. 2300–1900 BCE

Terracotta jug

Cycladic ca. 2300–1900 BCE

Terracotta jar

Cycladic ca. 2300–1900 BCE

Terracotta kalathos (vase with flaring lip)

kalathos (vase with flaring lip)

GEO ca. 1550–1425 BCE

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