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

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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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Ballinchalla Lidded Vase
Vase found at Ballinchalla, Co. Mayo, Ireland, Early Bronze Age.
National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin.

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Nazca Vase with Dancing Male
Human representation is a dominant and varied theme in later Nazca pottery. Men and women in stiff poses are shown individually and in groups. These tall sculpted vases offer interesting detail relating to ornate Nazca textiles and clthing...

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Helios Red-Figure Vase
A red-figure kalyx-krater depicting the sun god Helios. The stars are represented by young male children descending into the ocean. Attica, c. 430 BCE. (British Museum, London)

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Vase Painting of Selene and Her Horses
Selene and her horses on an Attic kylix attributed to the Brygos Painter, c. 490 BCE. Antikensammlung, Berlin.

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

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Vase Painting of Amazonomachy
Red-figure case painting depicting an "Amazonomachy," a battle between between Greeks and Amazon warriors. Attributed to the Painter of the Woolly Satyrs. Made in Attica, c. 450 BCE. Height: 63.5 cm (25 in). (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Nazca Vase wtih Cross-legged Male
Human representation is a dominant and varied theme in later Nazca pottery. Men and women in stiff poses are shown individually and in groups. These tall sculpted vases offer interesting detail relating to ornate Nazca textile and types of...

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Black-Figure Vase with Amazons
This black-figure vessel portrays Amazon warriors and Greeks battling each other. Attributed to the Group of Rhodes, c. 540 BCE. Black-figure pottery. 12.9 x 25.4 cm (5 1/16 x 10 in). (Metropolitan Museum of Art)