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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)
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)
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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...
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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...
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Geometric Cycladic Vase
A geometric Cycladic vase. Stone, Naxos, 9th-8th century BCE. (Mykonos Archaeological Museum)
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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...
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Jomon Incised Vase
A Jomon incised vase. Jomon Period, 1000-400 BCE, Japan. (Tokyo National Museum)