Greek Vases

Ancient pottery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art — 264 vases

Guide to Vase Shapes How the Greeks Made Their Vases

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Terracotta rim, body and handle from a cup

GEO ca. 2900–2300 BCE

Cup, fragment

Terracotta spouted conical bowl, white-on-dark ware

GEO ca. 2400–2200 BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup, white-on-dark ware

GEO ca. 2200–1900 BCE

Terracotta goblet

GEO ca. 2100–1900 BCE

Terracotta tumbler

GEO ca. 2100–1950 BCE

Terracotta goblet

GEO ca. 2100–1950 BCE

Terracotta straight-sided cup

GEO ca. 1950–1900 BCE

Terracotta carinated cup

GEO ca. 1900–1750 BCE

Terracotta carinated bridge-spouted jug

GEO ca. 1900–1750 BCE

Terracotta straight-sided cup

GEO ca. 1800–1700 BCE

Terracotta straight-sided cup

GEO ca. 1750–1700 BCE

Terracotta straight-sided cup

GEO ca. 1750–1600 BCE

Terracotta oval-mouthed amphora

GEO ca. 1750–1600 BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup

GEO ca. 1750–1600 BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup

GEO ca. 1600–1450 BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup

GEO ca. 1600–1450 BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup

GEO ca. 1600–1450 BCE

Terracotta rim and upper body fragment from a straight-sided cup with tortoiseshell ripple motif

GEO ca. 1600–1525 BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup

GEO ca. 1600–1500 BCE

Terracotta hemispherical cup

GEO ca. 1600–1450 BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup

GEO ca. 1600–1450 BCE

Terracotta hemispherical cup

GEO ca. 1525–1450 BCE

Terracotta pulled rim bowl

GEO ca. 1400–1200 BCE

Terracotta tankard

GEO ca. 1400–1200 BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup

GEO ca. 1400–1200 BCE

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Terracotta upper-body fragment with hatched triangle, probably from a pyxis (box with lid)

upper-body fragment with hatched triangle, probably from a pyxis (box with lid)

GEO ca. 2900–2300 BCE

Terracotta shallow bowl

GEO ca. 2900–2300 BCE

Terracotta shallow bowl

GEO ca. 2900–2300 BCE

Terracotta jug

GEO ca. 2900–2300 BCE

Terracotta rim fragment from a straight-sided open vase

rim fragment from a straight-sided open vase

GEO ca. 2900–2300 BCE

Terracotta vessel fragment with cross-hatched design

vessel fragment with cross-hatched design

GEO ca. 2900–2300 BCE

Two terracotta rim fragments from a closed vase

Two terracotta rim fragments from a closed vase

GEO ca. 2900–2300 BCE

Terracotta rim, handle, and upper body of a bowl

rim, handle, and upper body of a bowl

GEO ca. 2900–2300 BCE

Terracotta jug fragment with bands and hatched triangles

jug fragment with bands and hatched triangles

GEO ca. 2900–2300 BCE

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