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Predynastic Period Terracotta Vase from Egypt
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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)
The Colchester Vase
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The Colchester Vase

The "Colchester Vase" is a cremation vessel decorated with a continuous frieze depicting scenes relating to arena spectacles, including the combat between two gladiators named Memnon and Valentinus. Memnon is a well-armoured secutor gladiator...
Vase Painting of a Man with his Cheetah
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Vase Painting of a Man with his Cheetah

A red-figure vase painting depicting a bearded man with his pet cheetah. The man holds a walking stick in one hand, and with the other he leads the cheetah by a red leash connected to its collar. Attributed to the painter Apollodorus. Produced...
Tibetan Vase, Beaker & Rhyton
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Tibetan Vase, Beaker & Rhyton

Vase; Central Asia or Tibet; early 8th century CE; silver with gilding; overall:9 in. (22.9 cm); The Cleveland Museum of Art; purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund; 1988.67.1. Beaker; Central Asia or Tibet; early 8th century CE; silver with...
Cycladic Piglet-Shaped Vase
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Cycladic Piglet-Shaped Vase

An early-Cycladic vase in the form of a piglet. 2800-2300 BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Naxos, Greece)
Nazca Vase with Decapitation Scene
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Nazca Vase with Decapitation Scene

Battle scenes, warriors and trophy heads appear on later Nazca pottery. However, decapitation scenes are rare. This tall sculpted vase shows a man in the processes of decapitating a male warrior. The changes in iconography suggest that Nazca...
A Vase of Flowers by Gauguin
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A Vase of Flowers by Gauguin

An 1896 oil on canvas still-life, A Vase of Flowers, by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), the French post-impressionist painter. Painted in Tahiti and illustrating the artist's interest in still life continued wherever he lived, although it was often...
Geometric Cycladic Vase
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Geometric Cycladic Vase

A geometric Cycladic vase. Stone, Naxos, 9th-8th century BCE. (Mykonos Archaeological Museum)
Alabaster Vase from Sippar
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Alabaster Vase from Sippar

Alabaster vase in the shape of a standing woman with ample proportions. She has a sweeping hair and holds flowers. Late Babylonian Period, 700-600 BCE. From Sippar (modern-day Tell Abu Habbah), Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum...
Jomon Incised Vase
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Jomon Incised Vase

A Jomon incised vase. Jomon Period, 1000-400 BCE, Japan. (Tokyo National Museum)
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