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Ancient pottery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art —
6,710 vases
Guide to Vase Shapes
How the Greeks Made Their Vases
Intact
All
Fragments
All
GEO
ORI
BF
RF
WG
BIL
?
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
334
Krater
154
Kylix
332
Lekythos
250
Hydria
121
Oinochoe
198
Pelike
30
Stamnos
26
Psykter
3
Pyxis
86
Alabastron
34
Aryballos
56
Dinos
26
Lebes Gamikos
14
Loutrophoros
11
Skyphos
103
Kantharos
44
Phiale
23
All Cultures
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All Cultures
Cypriot
1059
Athènes
976
Greek, Attic
945
Roman
400
Etruscan
309
Greek
276
Corinthe
165
Roman, Cypriot
131
Greek, South Italian, Apulian
130
Apulie
128
Greek, Corinthian
92
Étrurie
73
Minoan
70
Greek, South Italian, Tarentine
69
Greek, South Italian, Campanian
66
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Date
Title
Painter
Jug
Etruscan
6th–4th century BCE
Antefix, head of Medusa
BF
6th century BCE
vase in the form of a three-legged horse
East Greek
6th century BCE
model of a ship
BF
6th century BCE
Statuette of a votary, female
ca. 550–300 BCE
spindle whorl
Attic
6th–5th century BCE
architectural tile
Lydian
6th century BCE
lydion (perfume jar)
Lydian
6th century BCE
Bowl with tripod base
BF
6th century BCE
head of a lion
Greek
6th century BCE
statuette of a goddess
Boeotian
early 6th century BCE
antefix (roof tile)
South Italian, Tarentine
6th century BCE
siphon
Boeotian
6th century BCE
Torch-holder
Cypriot
6th–4th century BCE
loom weight
Lydian
6th century or later
jug
RF
6th–5th century BCE
Torch-holder
Cypriot
6th–4th century BCE
lekaina (two-handled drinking cup)
Laconian
6th century BCE
Deep terracotta bowl
Euboean
6th century BCE
chalice
BF
6th century BCE
lydion (perfume jar)
BF
6th century BCE
antefix with the head of Medusa
Etruscan
6th century BCE
Shallow terracotta bowl
BF
6th century BCE
vase in the form of a pig
probably Corinthian
6th century BCE
Stemmed dish
BF
6th century BCE
Antefix, Gorgoneion
Etruscan or South Italian
6th–5th century BCE
vase in the form of a swan
Corinthian
6th century BCE
loom weight
Lydian
6th century BCE or later
statuette of a woman
BF
6th century BCE
bust of a female figure
Cretan
6th–5th century BCE
vase in the form of a duck
Corinthian?
6th century BCE
wheeled horse
BF
6th century BCE(?)
Head and upper body of a female figurine
BF
6th century BCE
stemmed dish
Attic
6th–5th century BCE
stemmed dish
BF
6th century BCE
loom weight
Lydian
6th century BCE or later
stemmed dish
BF
6th century BCE
Group of three standing male figures
BF
6th century BCE(?)
Standing figurine holding a quadruped
BF
6th century BCE
stemmed dish
BF
6th century BCE
stemmed dish
BF
6th century BCE
stemmed dish
BF
6th century BCE
Plaque
Egyptian
6th–4th century BCE
Plaque
Egyptian
6th–4th century BCE
head of a woman
Greek
6th century BCE
head of a woman
Cretan
6th century BCE
revetment with a griffin
East Greek or Lydian
6th century BCE
flask
BF
6th century BCE
loom weight
Cretan
6th century or later
Torch-holder
Cypriot
6th–4th century BCE
lydion (perfume jar)
Lydian
6th century BCE
stemmed dish
BF
6th century BCE
hemispherical strainer
BF
6th century BCE
Model of a cart
BF
6th century BCE
Standing female figurine
BF
6th century BCE
jar with vertical handles
Lydian
6th century BCE
Jug, miniature
Cypriot
ca. 500–300 BCE
head of a man
BF
early 6th century BCE
statuette of a goddess
Boeotian
6th century BCE
Male head
BF
6th century BCE or later
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