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Mycenaean Vase Decorated With Bulls & Birds
A Mycenaean vase (1300-1200 BCE) in the pictorial style depicting stylized bulls and birds. From a tomb in Enkomi, Cyprus. (British Museum, London)
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Scylla, Red-Figure Vase
A red-figure vase depicting Scylla, the monster who preyed on victims going through the Straits of Messina. Boeotian, 450-425 BCE.
Louvre Museum, Paris.
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Greek Vase Painting of an Artist at Work
Red-figure vase depicting an artist painting a statue of Hercules, identified by his club and lion-skin cape. Greek and Roman statues were frequently painted in Antiquity, to impart a more impressive and life-like...
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Minoan Rock-Crystal Vase
A Minoan vase carved from rock-crystal, from Zakros on Crete, c. 1450 BCE. The collar includes gilded ivory discs and the handle is made from rock-crystal beads strung on bronze wire. The vessel was probably used to pour...
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Minoan Vase
Late Minoan polychrome vase, mid-15th century BCE, from Isopata. (Archaeological Museum, Heraklion)
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Jomon Vase
A Jomon vase, Japan. Jomon Period, 4000-3000 BCE. (Tokyo National Museum)
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Maebyeong Celadon Vase, Goryeo Dynasty
A maebyeong celadon vase with lotus decoration. 12th century CE, Goryeo Dynasty, Korea. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea)
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Vase Painting of Hercules & Hippolyte
Fragment of an Apulian vase painting depicting Hercules with the Amazonian queen Hippolyte. Terracotta volute-krater attributed to the Baltimore Painter. c. 330–310 BCE. 19.4 cm (7.5 in). (Metropolitan Museum...
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Red-Figure Vase Depicting Wedding Preparations
Red-figure vase depicting a bride being prepared for her wedding. Part the Adrano Group, 330-320 BCE. Sicily, Italy. Collection of the Pushkin Museum. (Image has been digitally altered for clarity)
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Predynastic Period Terracotta Vase from Egypt
This terracotta vase dates from the Predynastic period in ancient Egyptian history, c. 4500-3100 BCE. (Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Stanford, California)