Greek Vases

Ancient pottery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art — 298 vases

Guide to Vase Shapes How the Greeks Made Their Vases

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Fragment from the Base of a Bowl

Fragment from the Base of a Bowl

GEO Byzantine; Constantinople or vicinity, or Cyprus · 12th-13th century

Fragment from the Base of a Bowl

Fragment from the Base of a Bowl

GEO Byzantine; Constantinople or vicinity · 13th-14th century

Fragment from the Base of a Bowl

Fragment from the Base of a Bowl

GEO Byzantine; Thessaloniki, Greece · 13th-14th century

Fragment from the Base of a Bowl

Fragment from the Base of a Bowl

GEO Byzantine; Serres, Greece · 13th-14th century

Fragment from the Base of a Bowl with "K" Monogram

Fragment from the Base of a Bowl with "K" Monogram

GEO Byzantine; Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) or vicinity · 13th-14th century

Kylix fragment

Cup, fragment

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

GEO ca. 1600–1525 BCE

Fragment from the neck of a terracotta amphora

GEO ca. 850–750 BCE

Fragment from the neck of a terracotta amphora (jar)

GEO 850–750 BCE

Vase fragment

Vase fragment

Vase fragment

Vase fragment

Vase fragment

Vase fragment

Vase fragment

Vase fragment

Vase fragments

Vase fragment

Vase fragment

Vase fragment

Vase fragment

Vase fragment

Vase fragment

Vase fragment

Terracotta rim fragment of a bowl

rim fragment of a bowl

GEO ca. 5700–3600 BCE

Terracotta vessel fragment with incised lines and punctations

vessel fragment with incised lines and punctations

GEO ca. 3600–3100 BCE

Terracotta vessel fragment with incised lines and punctations

vessel fragment with incised lines and punctations

GEO ca. 3600–3100 BCE

Terracotta vessel fragment with incised decoration

vessel fragment with incised decoration

GEO ca. 3600–3100 BCE

Terracotta rim fragment with handle and incised decoration

rim fragment with handle and incised decoration

GEO ca. 3600–3100 BCE

Terracotta rim fragment with incised lines and punctations

rim fragment with incised lines and punctations

GEO ca. 3600–3100 BCE

Vase fragment

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Vase fragment

GEO ca. 3000–2200 BCE

Terracotta jug fragment with bands and hatched triangles

jug fragment with bands and hatched triangles

GEO ca. 2900–2300 BCE

Terracotta vessel fragment with cross-hatched design

vessel fragment with cross-hatched design

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 rim fragment from a straight-sided open vase

rim fragment from a straight-sided open vase

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

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