Greek Vases

Ancient pottery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art — 24 vases

Guide to Vase Shapes How the Greeks Made Their Vases

Intact All Fragments

All GEO ORI BF RF WG BIL

Aryballos (Container for Oil)

Greece Etrusco-Corinthian; Etruria, Italy · 625-600 BCE

Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)

BF Greek; Athens · late 6th century BCE

Pelike (Storage Jar)

BF Greek; Athens · about 510-500 BCE

Amphora (Storage Jar)

BF the Michigan Painter · 490-480 BCE

Hydria (Water Jar)

RF the Orchard Painter · 480-470 BCE

Column Krater (Mixing Bowl)

RF the Florence Painter · 460-450 BCE

Column-Krater (Mixing Bowl)

RF the Painter of London E 489 · about 450 BCE

Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)

RF the Euaion Painter · 450-440 BCE

Squat Lekythos (Oil Jar)

RF Greek; Elis · 430-410 BCE

Hydria (Water Jar)

RF Greek; probably Campania, Italy · 400-350 BCE

Oinochoe (Pitcher)

RF the Mattinata Painter · end of 4th century BCE

Kantharos (Wine Cup)

RF the Kantharos Group · about 300 BCE

Oinochoe (Pitcher)

RF the Mattinata Painter · end of 4th century BCE

Mug

RF Greek; Athens · about 460 BCE

Lekanis (Covered Dish)

Lekanis (Covered Dish)

Greece Greek; Athens · 450-430 BCE

Guttus (Pouring Vessel)

Guttus (Pouring Vessel)

RF Greek; Athens · 400-375 BCE

Black-Figure Band Cup: Stags and Panthers

Siren-Shaped Perfume Flask

Siren-Shaped Perfume Flask

Greece 600–480 BCE

Statuette Fragment: Round Hat

Statuette Fragment: Round Hat

Greece 4th-3rd century BCE

Fragment of a Child

Fragment of a Child

Greece 3rd-1st century BCE

Fragmentary Figurine of a Monkey

Fragmentary Figurine of a Monkey

Greece 3rd-1st century BCE

Figurine of Standing Woman

Figurine of Standing Woman

Greece 200s BCE

Fragment of a Bird Head

Fragment of a Bird Head

Greece 2nd/1st century BCE ?

Fragment of a Man

Fragment of a Man

Greece 3rd-2nd century BCE

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