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Ancient pottery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art —
1,950 vases
Guide to Vase Shapes
How the Greeks Made Their Vases
Intact
All
Fragments
All
GEO
ORI
BF
RF
WG
BIL
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Techniques
GEO
Geometric
c. 900–700 BC
ORI
Orientalising
c. 720–620 BC
BF
Black-figure
c. 620–480 BC
RF
Red-figure
c. 530–320 BC
WG
White-ground
c. 500–400 BC
BIL
Bilingual
c. 530–510 BC
All Shapes
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All Shapes
Amphora
70
Krater
162
Kylix
104
Lekythos
85
Hydria
72
Oinochoe
54
Pelike
16
Stamnos
16
Psykter
2
Pyxis
20
Alabastron
6
Aryballos
6
Dinos
1
Lebes Gamikos
15
Loutrophoros
7
Skyphos
31
Kantharos
14
Phiale
17
All Cultures
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All Cultures
Roman
426
Greek, Attic
323
Cypriot
197
Greek, South Italian, Apulian
140
Roman, Cypriot
131
Greek
107
Etruscan
81
Greek, South Italian, Tarentine
69
Roman, Gaul
65
Greek, South Italian, Campanian
39
Greek, Egypt, Alexandria-Hadra
20
Greek, Cypriot
19
Greek, South Italian, Campanian, Teano
17
Greek, Boeotian
17
Greek or Roman
15
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Date
Title
Painter
female head
RF
3rd–2nd century BCE
head of a young woman
RF
3rd–2nd century BCE
head of an old woman
RF
3rd–2nd century BCE
jug
RF
ca. 3rd century BCE
emblem bowl with head of Zeus or Sarapis
RF
3rd–1st century BCE
horse's head
RF
3rd century BCE
oil lamp
RF
3rd century BCE
oil lamp
RF
3rd century BCE
head of a man wearing a cap
RF
3rd–2nd century BCE
Gilt terracotta wreath with flowers and berries
RF
3rd century BCE
Gilt terracotta necklace
RF
3rd century BCE
head of Pan
RF
3rd–1st century BCE
statuette of Eros seated and holding a duck
RF
3rd century BCE
statuette of Eros playing a lyre
RF
3rd–2nd century BCE
rattle in the form of a pig
RF
3rd–2nd century BCE
statuette of a draped woman
RF
3rd century BCE
statuette of a woman
RF
3rd century BCE
statuette of a woman
RF
3rd century BCE
seated veiled woman
RF
3rd century BCE
Reclining Eros
RF
3rd century BCE or later
statuette of a woman
RF
3rd century BCE
statuette of a woman
RF
3rd century BCE
statuette of a seated youth
RF
3rd century BCE
statuette of Aphrodite seated on a rock
RF
3rd century BCE
statuette of a draped woman
RF
mid-3rd century BCE
askos (flask with a spout) in the form of a cock
RF
2nd half of 3rd century BCE
Standing girl
RF
early 3rd century BCE
relief probably from a funnel vase
RF
late 3rd–early 2nd century BCE
relief probably from a funnel vase
RF
late 3rd–early 2nd century BCE
askos (flask with a spout) in the form of a bull
RF
2nd half of 3rd century BCE
relief probably from a funnel vase
RF
late 3rd–early 2nd century BCE
statuette of a woman
RF
late 3rd–2nd century BCE
Horse and rider
RF
early 3rd century BCE
relief probably from a funnel vase
RF
late 3rd–early 2nd century BCE
Horseman
RF
early 3rd century BCE
guttus (flask with handle and vertical spout)
RF
ca. 250–150 BCE
oil lamp
RF
late 3rd–early 1st century BCE
Megarian bowl
RF
ca. late 3rd–mid 1st century BCE
Megarian bowl
RF
ca. 2nd–mid 1st century BCE
applique fragment of ivy leaves and berries
RF
200–100 BCE
oil lamp
RF
2nd century BCE
cinerary urn
RF
2nd century BCE
cinerary urn
RF
2nd century BCE
statuette fragment of a deer sacrificed at an altar to Artemis
RF
2nd century BCE
head of a man
RF
2nd century BCE
statuette of woman playing a tympanon
RF
2nd–1st century BCE
statuette of a woman leaning on a pillar
RF
2nd century BCE
Head of Silenos
RF
2nd century BCE
Shield
RF
2nd century BCE(?)
caricature of Eros as an old man
RF
2nd–1st century BCE
Dionysos mask
RF
2nd century BCE(?)
statuette of a man
RF
2nd–1st century BCE
reilef roundel with head of Medusa
RF
2nd century BCE
head of a bearded god, perhaps Zeus
RF
2nd century BCE
mold of a grotesque figure
RF
2nd–1st century BCE
relief plaque with head of Medusa
RF
2nd century BCE
statuette of a seated woman playing a kithera
RF
2nd–1st century BCE
female head
RF
2nd–1st century BCE
Female head
RF
2nd–1st century BCE
Head of a child
RF
2nd century BCE
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