Greek Vases

Ancient pottery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art — 1,950 vases

Guide to Vase Shapes How the Greeks Made Their Vases
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Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug)
Oinochoe
RF 2nd half of 5th century BCE
Fragmentary stand of a terracotta lebes gamikos (round-bottomed bowl with handles and stand used in weddings)
Lebes Gamikos
RF 3rd quarter of 5th century BCE
Terracotta calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Krater
RF late 5th century BCE
Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)
Skyphos
RF ca. 450–400 BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Krater
RF ca. 440–430 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Lekythos
RF ca. 440 BCE
Oinochoe
Oinochoe
RF ca. 440–430 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
Alabastron
RF ca. 440–430 BCE
Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug)
Oinochoe
RF ca. 430–420 BCE
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar)
Lekythos
RF late 5th century BCE
Kantharos in the form of two heads
Kantharos
RF late 5th century BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
RF late 5th century BCE
Terracotta oinochoe (jug)
Oinochoe
RF ca. 430 BCE
Terracotta oinochoe (jug)
Oinochoe
RF ca. 430 BCE
Terracotta pelike (jar)
Pelike
RF ca. 430–420 BCE
Terracotta pyxis (box)
Pyxis
RF late 5th century BCE
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
Lekythos
RF late 5th century BCE
Kylix
Kylix
RF late 5th century BCE
Terracotta oinochoe (jug)
Oinochoe
RF late 5th century BCE
Terracotta oinochoe (jug)
Oinochoe
RF late 5th century BCE
Terracotta pyxis (box)
Pyxis
RF late 5th century BCE
Terracotta loutrophoros (ceremonial vase for water)
Loutrophoros
RF ca. 400 BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Krater
RF late 5th century BCE
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Krater
RF late 5th century BCE
Terracotta pyxis (box)
Pyxis
RF ca. 425–400 BCE
Terracotta pyxis (box)
Pyxis
RF ca. 425–400 BCE
Terracotta statuette of a female votary carrying a hydria
Hydria
RF late 5th–4th century BCE
Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug)
Oinochoe
RF ca. 400 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Lekythos
RF ca. 420 BCE
Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug)
Oinochoe
RF ca. 420 BCE
Oinochoe, chous
Oinochoe
RF ca. 420 BCE
Red-Figure Squat Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Eros and Woman
Lekythos
RF c. 400–380 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Lekythos
RF ca. 400–375 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF ca. 400–350 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF ca. 400–350 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF ca. 400–350 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF ca. 400–350 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF ca. 400–350 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF ca. 400–350 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF ca. 400–350 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF ca. 400–350 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF ca. 400–350 BCE
Terracotta pelike (jar)
Pelike
RF ca. 400–350 BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF 4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF 4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF 4th century BCE
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
Hydria
RF 1st quarter of the 4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF 4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF 4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF 4th century BCE
Terracotta hydria (water jar)
Hydria
RF 4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF 4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF 4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF 4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF 4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF 4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF 4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF 4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF 4th century BCE
Volute-krater fragment
Krater
RF 4th century BCE
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