Geometric pottery: Did you mean...?

This is a single-loop-handled pot from the Gansu Province of China; it dates back to the Majiayao Period, circa 3400 to 2000 BCE. Cyrus Tang Hall of China exhibit in the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The Cyclades are a group of islands in the southern Aegean situated between the Greek mainland and Turkey. The name was coined in the Archaic period as the islands form an approximate circle (kyklos) around the central and most sacred island...

Deborah Kass on Athenian vases "I think I'm looking at cartoons of another time that I can't decipher anymore." The Artist Project is a 2015 online series in which we give artists an opportunity to respond to our encyclopedic collection...

A black pottery vessel produced by the Longshan culture of north-east China, 2nd millennium BCE. Height: 14 cm. (British Museum, London)

Unglazed, hand-made red pottery vases from the Late Yayoi Period, 1st-2nd century CE Japan.

Overview of the different pottery styles found in Greece between 1050 BC to 700 BC.

Redware pottery depicting the so-called "soul house", from E-Kab, Egypt, 11th to 12th Dynasties, 2024-1700 BCE. It has flattened pellets representing a loop of wood. One of the two pillars which supports the roof is lost. Mr. Petrie thought...

Pottery Dining & Serving Vessels, 9th-6th Century BCE, Arad. Israel Museum

Pottery plate with a seated sphinx, made in Greece, 6th century BCE, found in the Sanctuary of Aphrodite, Naukratis, Egypt. The British Museum, London.

Ballas ware ovoid pottery pot; they had constricted neck and almost vertical collar above. The surface was incised with decorations. From tomb 263 at El-Kab, Egypt. 12th Dynasty, 1991–1803 BCE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London...