Greek Vases

Ancient pottery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art — 20 vases

Guide to Vase Shapes How the Greeks Made Their Vases

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Terracotta chariot krater

GEO ca. 1300–1230 BCE

Terracotta stemmed cup with murex decoration

GEO ca. 1400–1300 BCE

Terracotta stemmed cup with murex decoration

Helladic, Mycenaean ca. 1400–1300 BCE

Terracotta stemmed cup with murex decoration

GEO ca. 1400–1300 BCE

Terracotta chariot krater

GEO ca. 1375–1350 BCE

3 Terracotta female figures

3 Terracotta female figures

Helladic, Mycenaean ca. 1400–1300 BCE

Terracotta female figure

Helladic, Mycenaean ca. 1400–1300 BCE

Terracotta jar with nautiluses

jar with nautiluses

GEO ca. 1400–1300 BCE

Terracotta "basket vase"

GEO ca. 1400–1300 BCE

Terracotta female figure

Helladic, Mycenaean ca. 1400–1300 BCE

Terracotta stirrup jar

GEO ca. 1400–1300 BCE

Terracotta sheep or bull

Helladic, Mycenaean ca. 1400–1300 BCE

Terracotta bull

Helladic, Mycenaean ca. 1400–1300 BCE

Terracotta female figure

Helladic, Mycenaean ca. 1400–1300 BCE

Terracotta beak-spouted jug

beak-spouted jug

GEO ca. 1300–1200 BCE

Terracotta female figure

GEO ca. 1300–1200 BCE

Terracotta female figure in three-legged chair

female figure in three-legged chair

GEO 13th century BCE

Mycenaean female figurine

Mycenaean female figurine

GEO 13th century BCE

Terracotta stirrup jar

GEO ca. 1200–1050 BCE

Terracotta stirrup jar with octopus

stirrup jar with octopus

Helladic, Mycenaean ca. 1200–1100 BCE

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