Greek Vases

Ancient pottery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art — 7 vases

Guide to Vase Shapes How the Greeks Made Their Vases

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Red-Figure Bell-Krater (Mixing Vessel): Bust of Dionysos and Comic Actors (A); Dionysos, Satyr, Maenad (B)

RF Choregos Painter · c. 390–380 BCE

Red-Figure Bell Krater (Mixing Vessel): Aphrodite and Eros

RF Graz Painter · c. 370–360 BCE

Red-Figure Oinochoe (Wine Jug): Eros and Woman

RF Cleveland Group · c. 340–320 BCE

Red-Figure Kantharos (Drinking Cup): Female Heads

RF Prague Group · 330–320 BCE

Red-Figure Squat Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Female Head

RF 350–300 BCE

Gnathian Ribbed Oinochoe (Wine Jug): Masks, Dancer, and Flute-Player

South Italian, Apulian c. 300–275 BCE

Frog-Shaped Guttus (Oil Flask)

Frog-Shaped Guttus (Oil Flask)

South Italian, Apulian 300s BCE

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