Ancient Greece Ceramic Vessels
Pottery containers decorated on the outside are common in the ancient world.
Ancient greece ceramic vessels. All our pottery items are faithful reproductions of original ancient greek vessels to be found in museums archaeological sites and private collections all over the world. Each offers a glimpse into the magnificent traditions that persisted over many centuries. Such vessels as the krater and kylix were used to store and drink wine while such smaller pots as the lekythos were used to contain perfumes and oils. 3 calyx krater a large krater a lower body is shaped like the calyx of a flower with two handles shaped so a psykter shaped vase can fit inside.
As gisela richter puts it the forms of these vases find their happiest expression in the 5th and 6th centuries bc yet it has been possible to date vases thanks to the variation in a form s shape over time a fact particularly. The pottery of ancient greece has a long history and the form of greek vase shapes has had a continuous evolution from minoan pottery down to the hellenistic era. The shards of pots discarded or buried in the 1st millennium bc are still the best guide available to understand the customary life and mind of the ancient greeks. The greeks athenian potters in particular standardized certain styles perfected their techniques and painting styles and sold their wares throughout the mediterranean.
Here are some of the basic types of greek pottery vases jugs and other vessels. Greek pottery the clay vessels of the ancient greeks important for their beauty of form and decoration and for their demonstration of changes in greek pictorial art. Here you can find ancient greek pottery vessels in all known shapes and sizes. Ancient greek pottery due to its relative durability comprises a large part of the archaeological record of ancient greece and since there is so much of it over 100 000 painted vases are recorded in the corpus vasorum antiquorum it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of greek society.