Greek Vases

Ancient pottery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art — 49 vases

Guide to Vase Shapes How the Greeks Made Their Vases

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Cup handle

Kylix fragment

Cup

GEO ca. 3200–1050 BCE

Cup

GEO ca. 3200–1050 BCE

Cup

GEO ca. 3200–1050 BCE

Cup

GEO ca. 3200–1050 BCE

Cup

GEO ca. 3200–1050 BCE

Cup

GEO ca. 3200–1050 BCE

Terracotta rim, body and handle from a cup

GEO ca. 2900–2300 BCE

Cup, fragment

Terracotta spouted conical bowl, white-on-dark ware

GEO ca. 2400–2200 BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup, white-on-dark ware

GEO ca. 2200–1900 BCE

Terracotta goblet

GEO ca. 2100–1950 BCE

Terracotta tumbler

GEO ca. 2100–1950 BCE

Terracotta goblet

GEO ca. 2100–1900 BCE

Cup

GEO ca. 2000–1600 BCE

Terracotta straight-sided cup

GEO ca. 1950–1900 BCE

Terracotta carinated cup

GEO ca. 1900–1750 BCE

Terracotta loop-handled cup

GEO ca. 1900–1600 BCE

Terracotta carinated bridge-spouted jug

GEO ca. 1900–1750 BCE

Terracotta straight-sided cup

GEO ca. 1800–1700 BCE

Terracotta straight-sided cup

GEO ca. 1750–1600 BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup

GEO ca. 1750–1600 BCE

Terracotta straight-sided cup

GEO ca. 1750–1700 BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup

GEO ca. 1750–1700 BCE or 3rd–1st century BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup

GEO ca. 1600–1450 BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup

GEO ca. 1600–1450 BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup

GEO ca. 1600–1500 BCE

Terracotta hemispherical cup

GEO ca. 1600–1450 BCE

Terracotta rim and upper body fragment from a straight-sided cup with tortoiseshell ripple motif

GEO ca. 1600–1525 BCE

Terracotta cup with one handle

GEO ca. 1600–1050 BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup

GEO ca. 1600–1450 BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup

GEO ca. 1600–1450 BCE

Terracotta hemispherical cup

GEO ca. 1525–1450 BCE

Terracotta stemmed cup with murex decoration

GEO ca. 1400–1300 BCE

Terracotta pulled rim bowl

GEO ca. 1400–1200 BCE

Terracotta stemmed cup with murex decoration

GEO ca. 1400–1300 BCE

Terracotta tankard

GEO ca. 1400–1200 BCE

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

GEO ca. 1400–1050 BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup

GEO ca. 1400–1200 BCE

Terracotta one-handled cup

GEO ca. 1300–1200 BCE

Cup

Cup

Cup

Terracotta stemmed cup

GEO 1050–950 BCE

Terracotta kylix (cup)

GEO 850–750 BCE

Kylix

GEO 850–750 BCE

Cup

GEO 850–750 BCE

Cup

GEO 8th century BCE

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