Greek Vases

Ancient pottery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art — 12 vases

Guide to Vase Shapes How the Greeks Made Their Vases

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Fragment of a terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)

RF Attributed to the Palermo Painter · ca. 430–400 BCE

Two fragments of a terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)

RF Attributed to the Palermo Painter · ca. 420–400 BCE

Hydria fragment

South Italian, Lucanian the Hamburg Painter · ca. 410–380 BCE

Fragments of a terracotta calyx-krater (mixing bowl)

South Italian, Lucanian Very close in style to the work of the Dolon Painter · ca. 400–360 BCE

Terracotta fragment of a nestoris (two-handled jar)?

fragment of a nestoris (two-handled jar)?

South Italian, Lucanian the Pisticci Painter · 440–420 BCE

Terracotta rim fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)

South Italian, Lucanian second half of the 4th century BCE

Terracotta fragment of a krater (deep bowl)?

South Italian, Lucanian late 5th/early 4th century BCE

Terracotta fragment of a krater (deep bowl)

South Italian, Lucanian late 5th/early 4th century BCE

Fragment of a terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)

South Italian, Lucanian late 5th century BCE

Terracotta fragment of a closed shape

fragment of a closed shape

South Italian, Lucanian late 5th century BCE

Terracotta fragment of an open shape (deep drinking cup)

fragment of an open shape (deep drinking cup)

South Italian, Lucanian late 5th/early 4th century BCE

Terracotta fragment of a closed shape

fragment of a closed shape

South Italian, Lucanian late 5th century BCE

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