Greek Vases

Oil Lamp

Roman 6191 · 4th century (Late Antique)

Oil Lamp

Roman 6191 · 4th century (Late Antique)

Red-Slip Head Vase

Roman Gududio · about A.D. 300

Scene of Tobias in Relief

Roman 15527 · 5th century (Late Antique)

Painted Bowl with Fish and Lotus Design

Gandhara Pakistan · 5th century

Painted Bowl with Faunal and Floral Design

Gandhara Pakistan · 5th century

Tripod Polychrome Bowl Depicting a Serpent with Feathers

Southern Veracruz Classic Veracruz · 500–750 CE

Jar in the Form of an Abstract Human Figure

Bolivia Tiwanaku-Wari · 700–1000

Bowl with Textured Surface Decoration in Basketry-Like Pattern

New Mexico Possibly Ancestral Pueblo · 900–1000

Bowl with Textured Surface Decoration

New Mexico Possibly Ancestral Pueblo · 900–1000

Bowl in the Shape of Underwater Serpent with Upturned Neck and Coiled Tail

Arkansas Mississippian · 1000–1400

Ritual Vessel

Mali Inland Niger Delta region, Mali · 12th /17th century

Miniature Bowl with Interior Bird-Wing Motif

Southwest Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi), Gila Polychrome · 1250–1400

Bowl with Black Interlocking Lattice on Interior; White Interlocking Squared Spirals on Exterior

White Mountain Cibola, Four Mile Polychrome, White Mountain Red Ware, St. Johns Polychrome · 1300–1400

Christ on the Cross

Greek El Greco · 1600–1610

after a Vase

France France · c. 1760

Storage Container

Burkina Faso Kurumba · 19th/mid–20th century

Polychrome Jar

New Mexico Artist unknown · c. 1875

Shrine Jar

Nigeria Yoruba · Late 19th/early 20th century

Bottle

Democratic Republic of the Congo Ambundu or Chokwe · Late 19th/early 20th century

Commemorative Container (Abusua Kuruwa)

Ghana Kwahu · Late 19th/early 20th century

Water Container

Mali Somono · Late 19th/mid–20th century

Shea Butter Jar (Bwéeru or Wéké Gumgia) or Shrine Jar

Benin Baatonu (Bariba) or Yoruba · Late 19th/early 20th century

Water or Palm Wine Container

Nigeria Nupe · Late 19th/early 20th century

Polychrome Jar (Olla) with Curvilinear Geometric Motifs and Abstract Birds within Bold Frames

GEO Artist unknown · 1890–1930

Storage Vessel

Nigeria Igbo · Early/mid–20th century

Jar (Wékéru)

Benin Baatonu · Early/mid–20th century

Water Container (Jidaga)

Mali Maninka · Early/mid–20th century

Jar (Wékéru)

Benin Baatonu · Early/mid–20th century

Altar Vessel

Burkina Faso Gur-speaking peoples, possibly Lobi · Early/mid–20th century

Storage Container

Burkina Faso Turka · Early/mid–20th century

Shea Butter Jar (Bwéeru or Wéké Gumgia)

Benin Baatonu · Early/mid–20th century

Bowl for Sauce or Stew (Ku To)

Cameroon Nsei · Early/mid–20th century

Double Altar Vessel

Burkina Faso Gur-speaking peoples, possibly Lobi · Early/mid–20th century

Water Container

Cameroon Babessi · Early/mid–20th century

Storage Container

Burkina Faso Mossi · Early/mid–20th century

Storage Container

Burkina Faso Kurumba · Early/mid–20th century

Jar

Democratic Republic of the Congo Mangbetu · Early/mid–20th century

Couscous Platter

Algeria Aït Bouaddou or Aït Mendes · Early/mid–20th century

Water Container (Jidaga)

Mali Bamana · Early/mid–20th century

Storage Container

Burkina Faso Kurumba, Kasena, or Mossi · Early/mid–20th century

Jar

Nigeria Yoruba · Early/mid–20th century

Storage Container

Burkina Faso Bwa · Early/mid–20th century

Ritual Container

Nigeria Possibly Mafa · Early/mid–20th century

Storage Container

Nigeria Nupe or related tradition · Early/mid–20th century

Vessel

Nigeria Nupe · Early 20th century

Container for Liquids

Cameroon Mambila · Early/mid–20th century

Water or Palm Wine Container

Nigeria Nupe or related tradition · Early/mid–20th century

Storage Container

Burkina Faso Kurumba, Kasena, or Mossi · Early/mid–20th century

Altar Vessel

Burkina Faso Gur-speaking peoples, possibly Lobi · Early/mid–20th century

Bottle

GEO Teke · Early/mid–20th century

Storage Container (Mulondo)

Democratic Republic of the Congo Songye · Early/mid–20th century

Jar

Nigeria Yoruba · Early/mid–20th century

Pot Stand or Storage Vessel

Nigeria Nupe · Early/mid–20th century

Vessel for Serving Beer

South Africa Zulu · Mid–20th century

Altar Vessel

Burkina Faso Lobi · Early 20th century

Pot Stand or Storage Vessel

Nigeria Nupe · Early/mid–20th century

Water Container

Mali Possibly Somono or Bobo · Early/mid–20th century

Container

Burkina Faso Nuna · Early/mid–20th century

Water Container

Nigeria Gwari · Early/mid–20th century