Greek Vases

Ancient pottery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art — 4,574 vases

Guide to Vase Shapes How the Greeks Made Their Vases

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Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)

RF late 5th century BCE

Lekythos

RF late 5th century BCE

Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar)

RF late 5th century BCE

Terracotta oinochoe (jug)

Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Boeotian late 5th century BCE

Squat lekythos, miniature

Attic ca. 425–400 BCE

Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)

Attic late 5th–early 4th century BCE

Terracotta pyxis (box)

RF ca. 425–400 BCE

Terracotta loutrophoros (ceremonial vase for water)

Terracotta pyxis (box)

RF ca. 425–400 BCE

Terracotta pyxis (box)

Attic last quarter of 5th century BCE

Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

RF late 5th century BCE

Terracotta statuette of a female votary carrying a hydria

RF late 5th–4th century BCE

Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar)

Attic late 5th century BCE

Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

RF late 5th century BCE

Terracotta pyxis (box)

RF late 5th century BCE

Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Attic late 5th century BCE–early 4th century BCE

Terracotta pelike (jar)

Corinthian late 5th century BCE

Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug)

Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug)

Oinochoe, chous

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Terracotta chous

Attic late 5th century BCE

Terracotta chous

Attic late 5th century BCE

Black-Gloss Lebes Gamikos (Nuptial Bowl)

Greek or South Italian c. 425–375 BCE

White-Ground Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Mourners at Tomb

WG c. 400s BCE, with modern painting

Red-Figure Squat Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Eros and Woman

RF c. 400–380 BCE

Terracotta cup-kantharos (drinking cup)

Attic ca. 400–350 BCE

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

South Italian, Campanian ca. 400–350 BCE

Aryballos in the form of a foot

Attic ca. 400 BCE

Terracotta pelike (jar)

RF ca. 400–350 BCE

Aryballos in the form of a foot

Attic ca. 400 BCE

Black-Gloss Kantharos or Karchesion (Drinking Cup)

Etruscan 400–200 BCE

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

RF ca. 400–375 BCE

Lekythos

Attic 4th century BCE

Pelike

Attic 4th century BCE

Terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Attic early 4th century BCE

Terracotta calyx-krater (vase for mixing wine and water)

Attic early 4th century BCE

Terracotta pyxis (box)

RF 4th–3rd century BCE

Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar)

Attic early 4th century BCE

Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)

South Italian, Campanian 4th century BCE

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

South Italian, Campanian 4th century BCE

Terracotta toy lekythos (oil flask) with a swan

South Italian, Campanian 4th century BCE

Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup) with vertical ring handles

Boeotian 4th century BCE

Terracotta hydria (water jar)

RF 4th century BCE

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) with a bird

South Italian, Apulian 4th century BCE

Squat lekythos

Attic 4th century BCE

Calyx-krater, toy

South Italian, Apulian 4th century BCE

Terracotta amphora (jar)

RF 4th century BCE

Terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

RF 4th century BCE

Terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

RF 4th century BCE

Terracotta hydria (water jar)

South Italian, Apulian 4th century BCE

Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar)

RF early 4th century BCE

Lekythos

RF 4th century BCE

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Boeotian 4th century BCE

Terracotta pyxis (box)

RF 4th century BCE

Terracotta oinochoe (jug)

South Italian, Campanian 4th century BCE

Terracotta miniature oinochoe (jug)

South Italian, Campanian 4th century BCE

Aryballos in the form of a foot with shoe

Attic 4th century BCE

Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)

RF early 4th century BCE

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