Greek Vases

Ancient pottery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art — 205 vases

Guide to Vase Shapes How the Greeks Made Their Vases

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Cup, fragment

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

GEO ca. 1600–1525 BCE

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Two terracotta rim fragments from a closed vase

Two terracotta rim fragments from a closed vase

GEO ca. 2900–2300 BCE

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 vessel fragment with cross-hatched design

vessel fragment with cross-hatched design

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 jug fragment with bands and hatched triangles

jug fragment with bands and hatched triangles

GEO ca. 2900–2300 BCE

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