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Ancient pottery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art —
21,964 vases
Guide to Vase Shapes
How the Greeks Made Their Vases
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All Shapes
Amphora
980
Krater
1203
Kylix
10865
Lekythos
448
Hydria
176
Oinochoe
455
Pelike
145
Stamnos
174
Psykter
29
Pyxis
89
Alabastron
38
Aryballos
58
Dinos
20
Lebes Gamikos
17
Loutrophoros
13
Skyphos
1141
Kantharos
72
Phiale
26
All Cultures
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All Cultures
Greek, Attic
16748
Cypriot
1068
Etruscan
608
Roman
585
Greek
285
Minoan
283
Greek, South Italian, Apulian
231
East Greek/Sardis, Lydian
144
Roman, Cypriot
131
Greek, Corinthian
111
Unknown fabric
87
Greek, South Italian, Tarentine
81
Greek, South Italian, Campanian
75
Mycenaean
66
Roman, Gaul
65
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Date
Title
Painter
Knob-Handled Patera (Dish)
RF
the Baltimore Painter
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330-320 BCE
lekanis (dish)
RF
Close in style to the Baltimore Painter
·
ca. 325–300 BCE
plate
RF
Attributed to the Kantharos Group
·
ca. 325–300 BCE
thymiaterion (incense burner)
RF
Associated with the Stuttgart Group
·
ca. 325–300 BCE
lekanis (dish)
South Italian, Apulian
the Stuttgart Group
·
late 4th century BCE
Maiden Stepping Forward
Greek
6256
·
late 4th-early 3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)
Epichysis
Apulian
15919
·
late 4th century BCE (Early Hellenistic)
Rhyton (Drinking Vessel) in Shape of Sheep's Head
RF
the Painter of Leningrad 955
·
320-310 BCE
Standing Draped Woman with Clasped Hands
Greek
6256
·
ca. 300 BCE (Hellenistic)
Standing Draped Woman
Greek
6256
·
ca. 300 BCE (Hellenistic)
Standing Draped Maiden
Greek
6256
·
3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)
askos (flask with a spout and handle over the top)
RF
Attributed to the Bolsena Group
·
ca. 300–250 BCE
Standing Maiden Wearing Kerchief
Greek
6256
·
300-275 BCE (Hellenistic)
askos (flask with a handle over the top)
RF
Compared to the Mignot Painter
·
ca. 300 BCE
Female Figurine from a Vessel
Greek
6256
·
3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)
Incense Burner in the Form of a Female Head
Greek
6256
·
3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)
Eros
Greek
6256
·
3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)
vase in the form of a pygmy carrying a dead crane
RF
Attributed to the Magenta Class
·
3rd century BCE
Draped Maiden with Wreath
Greek
6256
·
ca. 250 BCE (Hellenistic)
Seated Maiden with ""Melon"" Hairstyle
Greek
6256
·
ca. 230 BCE (Hellenistic)
Cinerary Urn Fragment with Battle Scene
Etruscan
6291
·
2nd century BCE (Hellenistic)
Nike
Greek
6256
·
first half 2nd century BCE (Hellenistic)
Bowl with Repeated Stepped Motif
Peru
Nazca
·
180 BCE–500 CE
Miniature Portrait Jar of a Human Head with Face Painting
Peruvian North Coast
Moche
·
100 BCE–500 CE
Seated Female Figure Holding a Bowl on Her Lap
Mexico
Nayarit
·
100 BCE–300 CE
Anthropomorphic Flat-sided Flask with Molded Head and Painted Textile Tunic
Peruvian North Coast
Moche
·
100 BCE–500 CE
Portrait Vessel of a Ruler with Face Paint and Large Earflares
Peruvian North Coast
Moche
·
100 BCE–500 CE
Portrait Vessel of Seated Figure with Wrinkled Face
Peruvian North Coast
Moche
·
100 BCE–500 CE
Jar in the Form of a Human Head with Face Painting and Showing Teeth
Peruvian North Coast
Moche
·
100 BCE–500 CE
Vessel in the Form of a Seated Figure Holding a Duck
Moche Valley
Moche
·
100 BCE–500 CE
Vessel in Form of a Head Wearing a Bird Headdress
Moche Valley
Moche
·
100 BCE–500 CE
Portrait Vessel of a Ruler, Stirrup Missing
Peru
Moche
·
100 BCE–500 CE
Jar in the Form of a Human Head Showing Teeth
Peruvian North Coast
Moche
·
100 BCE–500 CE
Abstract Portrait Vessel of a Ruler with Painted Face Resting on Feet
Peruvian North Coast
Moche
·
100 BCE–500 CE
Goblet with Grape Vine Decoration in Relief
Roman
6191
·
2nd half 1st century BCE-1st century CE (Late Hellenistic-Roman Imperial)
Mold for a Bowl with Triton, Nereids, and Dolphins
Roman
4728
·
late 1st century BCE-early 1st century CE (Early Roman Imperial)
plate
RF
Signed by Speratus
·
early 1st century CE
Bowl with Mythological Figures in Relief
Roman
6191
·
2nd century CE (Roman Imperial)
Oil Lamp
Roman
6191
·
4th century (Late Antique)
Oil Lamp
Roman
6191
·
4th century (Late Antique)
Scene of Tobias in Relief
Roman
15527
·
5th century (Late Antique)
Painted Bowl with Faunal and Floral Design
Gandhara
Pakistan
·
5th century
Painted Bowl with Fish and Lotus 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
Fragment of a Kneeling Figure
Mali
Jenné-Jeno
·
11th-14th century
Ritual Vessel
Mali
Inland Niger Delta region, Mali
·
12th /17th century
Fragment from the Base of a Bowl
GEO
Byzantine; Constantinople or vicinity, or Cyprus
·
12th-13th century
Fragment from the Base of a Bowl
GEO
Byzantine; Thessaloniki, Greece
·
13th-14th century
Fragment from the Base of a Bowl with "K" Monogram
GEO
Byzantine; Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) or vicinity
·
13th-14th century
Fragment from the Base of a Bowl
GEO
Byzantine; Serres, Greece
·
13th-14th century
Fragment from the Base of a Bowl
GEO
Byzantine; Constantinople or vicinity
·
13th-14th 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
Fragment of an Architectural Model
Eastern Java
Indonesia
·
14th/15th century
Fragment of a Face
Eastern Java
Indonesia
·
14th/15th century
after a Vase
France
France
·
c. 1760
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