Etymologically the term krater comes from the greek verb to mix the english word crater stems from this greek vase due to its likeness to a bowl shaped depression.
Acient greek wide mouth ceramic bowl.
Kylix also spelled cylix in ancient greek pottery wide bowled drinking cup with horizontal handles one of the most popular pottery forms from mycenaean times through the classical athenian period there was usually a painted frieze around the outer surface depicting a subject from mythology or everyday life and on the bottom of the inside a painting often depicting a dancing or drinking.
In early greek pottery the silhouetting of dark figures against a light background of natural reddish clay with.
An ancient greek wide mouthed bowl for mixing wine and water.
3 wide x 2 t.
Volute krater a bowl used in ancient greece for diluting wine with water.
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Here are some of the basic types of greek pottery vases jugs and other vessels.
They may have horizontal handles placed near the base or vertical handles rising from the shoulder.
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The chief room of a greek temple where the statue of the god was located and frequently the temple s treasure was kept.
Border on a greek vase.
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1st 4th century ad.
Ancient greek black glazed salt cup circa 4th century bc.
Magnia graecia 4th century bc.
3 1 4 8 cm.
A nice small greek black ware bowl.
Make offer fine large daunian polychrome terracotta tri foot ancient greek pottery bowl.
With a broad body and base and usually a wide mouth.
Small ceramic offering bowl.
2 15 16 74 mm.
Intact with nine dark reddish color light earthen deposits.
Could still be used to store small dry goods.
Nice form with wide mouth and small round foot.
The greeks athenian potters in particular standardized certain styles perfected their techniques and painting styles and sold their wares throughout the mediterranean.
Krater ancient greek vessel used for diluting wine with water.
Krater a krater is a large bowl with a wide mouth and heavy yet smaller base or foot.
Ancient greek pottery due to its relative durability comprises a large part of the archaeological record of ancient greece and since there is so much of it over 100 000 painted vases are recorded in the corpus vasorum antiquorum it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of greek society the shards of pots discarded or buried in the 1st millennium bc are.
Periods of ancient greek pottery types of greek vases.