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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...

Egyptian calcite vessel in the form of a pregnant woman. Its handle represents a child holding the woman's hair. 18th Dynasty, about 1479-1352 BCE. Found in Tomb 949, Abydos, Egypt. The British Museum, (photo taken at The Powerhouse Museum...

An oinophoros from Knidos, Greece depicting Hermes. 2nd century CE. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)

A Roman two-handled glass vessel. 4th century CE, from the Necropolis de l'Avinguda de la Constitucio, Valencia. (Archaeological Museum, Valencia, Spain)

The two-handled pottery vessel (trozella) which was unique to the Messappian culture of southern Italy. 5th century BCE, Brundisum, southern Italy. (Archaeological Museum of Brindisi, Italy)

This fragment of blue faience glass came from a kind of libation vessel known as "oinochoai" which were used in festivals honouring the deified Ptolemaic queens. The figure portrayed is Arsinöe II who wears her hair in the "melon-coiffure"...

C. 600-634 CE. Porcelain. 25 cm (height). Excavated from the tomb of Princess Fengning (583-610 CE) and her husband Wei Yuanzhao (572-623 CE), Shaolingyuan, Chang'an District, Xi'an, 1990. From the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology...

The two-handled pottery vessel (trozella) which was unique to the Messappian culture of southern Italy. This version dates to the 4th century BCE and was probably used for funerary purposes. From Valesio near Brundisum, southern Italy. (Archaeological...

Animation par morphing d'une scène de douche sur un vase grec. Morphing-based animation of a shower scene on a greek vase. Ce travail est intégré dans le film "Le parfum retrouvé" (Réalisation Luc Ronat, CNRS Images 2012, http://videotheque.cnrs.fr/doc=2855...

Black figure pottery is a type of Greek pottery named after the colour of the scenes painted on vessels. It was first produced in Corinth c. 700 BCE and then adopted by pottery painters in Attica, where it would become the dominant decorative...