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   Ceramic, Painted
Works of Art (188)
Amphora, ca. 490 B.C.; Classical; red-figure, Attributed to the Berlin Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (56.171.38)  
 
Amphora, ca. 530 B.C.; Archaic; black-figure, Attributed to the manner of the Lysippides Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (56.171.14)  
 
Amphora, ca. 530 B.C.; Archaic; red-figure, Signed by Andokides, as potter; Attributed to the Andokides Painter (red-figure decoration); Attributed to Psiax (black-figure decoration), Greek, Attic, Terracotta (63.11.6)  
 
Ancestor Pair, 1st–3rd century A.D., Mexico; Nayarit (Chinesco), Ceramic (1999.272.1,2)  
 
Animal-headed ewer, 9th–10th century, Found at Nishapur, Iran, Buff earthenware body, underglaze-painted, transparent lead glaze (38.40.247)  
 
Antefix with the head of Medusa, 6th century B.C., Tarantine; Said to be from Taranto, Terracotta (26.60.73) 
 
Architectural tile fragment, 6th century B.C., Lydian; Excavated at Sardis, Terracotta with red and black painted decoration (26.164.1) 
 
Aryballos in the shape of an eagle's head, late 7th–early 6th century B.C.; Archaic, Greek; Rhodian, Terracotta (2006.267)  
 
Aryballos, ca. 570 B.C.; black-figure, Greek, Attic, Signed by Nearchos as potter, Terracotta (26.49)  
 
Askos in the form of a deer, ca. 1725–1600 B.C.; Middle Cypriot III; White Painted V Ware, Cypriot; Said to be from Idalion (Potamia), Terracotta (74.51.795)  
 
"Baby Figure," 12th–9th century B.C., Mexico; Olmec, Ceramic, cinnabar, red ocher (1979.206.1134)  
 
Ball Player (?), 7th–10th century, Mexico, Nopiloa, Ceramic (1989.28) 
 
Barrel oinochoe, 8th–early 7th century B.C.; Italo-Geometric, Italian peninsula, possibly Campania or Etruria, Terracotta (1975.363)  
 
Basin (pen), Majiayao culture, Majiayao phase, ca. 3200–2700 B.C., Gansu Province, China, Earthenware with painted decoration (L.1996.55.6)  
 
Bell krater depicting the return of Persephone, ca. 440 B.C.; Red-figure, Attributed to the Persephone Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (28.57.23) 
 
Bell krater, ca. 460 B.C.; Classical; red-figure, Attributed to the Danae Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (23.160.80)  
 
Bell-krater, ca. 440 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Painter of London E 497, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (24.97.30)  
 
Bench figure, 1st century B.C.–4th century A.D., Ecuador; Tolita/Tumaco, Ceramic (1991.436.7) 
 
Bottle with Face Neck, 10th–16th century, Colombia; Quimbaya, Ceramic (1970.246.6) 
 
Bottle with Mythic Figure, 10th–11th century, Peru; Sicán (Lambayeque), Ceramic (1970.245.37) 
 
Bottle, 13th–14th century, Caddoan peoples; Arkansas, Ceramic, traces of pigment (1978.412.85)  
 
Bowl with painted decoration, ca. 2600–1900 B.C., Excavated at Damb Sadaat (level III), Pakistan, Ceramic, paint (57.99.2)  
 
Bowl with Pair of Rabbits, mid-9th–12th century, Mimbres peoples; New Mexico, Ceramic (1978.412.118)  
 
Bowl, 10th century, Samarqand (Uzbekistan) or Nishapur (Iran), Earthenware, red body, white engobe, underglaze-painted (65.106.2)  
 
Bowl, 10th century, Iran (Nishapur), Earthenware, slip-painted and glazed (65.270.1)  
 
Bowl, 10th century, Iraq, Composite body, luster-painted (1977.126)  
 
Bowl, 10th century, Samarqand, Central Asia, Earthenware, glazed, with slip-painted white engobe (61.144)  
 
Bowl, 10th–11th century, Central Asia or Iran, probably Samarqand, Uzbekistan, Underglaze-painted earthenware (2003.415)  
 
Bowl, 15th century; Timurid
Iran or Central Asia, Earthenware, underglaze-painted (32.33)
 
 
Bowl, 6th–9th century, Peru; Wari, Ceramic (1979.206.385) 
 
Bowl, 7th–6th millennium B.C., Halaf period, Syria, Tell Halaf, Ceramic (1983.407) 
 
Bowl, ca. 1000; Fatimid, Egypt, Earthenware, glazed and luster-painted (63.178.1)  
 
Bowl, ca. 10th century, Probably Iran (Nishapur); Excavated in Nishapur, Iran, 1939, Earthenware, underglaze-painted in black and red over cream-colored slip (40.170.15)  
 
Bowl, late 12th–early 13th century; Seljuq, Iran, Composite body, overglaze-painted and gilded (51.53)  
 
Bowl, mid-9th–12th century, Mimbres peoples; New Mexico, Ceramic (1978.412.123)  
 
Bowl, Qing dynasty, Daoguang mark and period (1821–50), China, Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (79.2.536) 
 
Bust of a warrior, Kofun period, 5th–6th century, Kanto region, Japan, Earthenware with painted, incised, and applied decoration (1975.268.414)  
 
Bust of the Virgin, ca. 1390–95, Bohemian, Terracotta with several layers of paint (2005.393)  
 
Calyx-krater (vessel for mixing wine and water) depicting Herakles, Theseus, and Perithous in Hades, ca. 450–440 B.C.; red-figure, Greek; Attic, Attributed to the Nekyia Painter, Terracotta (08.258.21)  
 
Calyx-krater depicting a phlyax masquerading as a reveler, ca. 400–390 B.C.; Red-figure, Attributed to the Konnakis Group, Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta (51.11.2) 
 
Calyx-krater with theatrical scene, ca. 400–390 B.C.; Red-figure, Attributed to the Tarporley Painter, Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta (24.97.104) 
 
Camel with packboards and baggage, 6th–7th century, Western China or Central Asia, Earthenware with pigment (2000.8)  
 
Censer (Incensario), 10th–12th century, Costa Rica or Nicaragua, Ceramic, pigment (1979.206.378a,b) 
 
Censer Cover (Xantil), 13th–15th century, Mexico; Tehuacá Ceramic, pigment (1978.412.10) 
 
Chariot krater, ca. 1400—1370 B.C.; Late Helladic IIIA, Helladic (Mycenaean), Terracotta (74.51.964) 
 
Choes (jug), ca. 450–400 B.C.; red-figure, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (37.11.19) 
 
Coffeepot, ca. 1912, Pavel Janák (Czech), Earthenware (2000.173a,b) 
 
Column-krater with artist painting a marble statue of Herakles, ca. 350–320 B.C.; Red-figure, Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Attributed to the Group of Boston 00.348, Terracotta (50.11.4) 
 
Column-krater, ca. 550 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to Lydos, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (31.11.11)  
 
Container in the shape of a horse and rider, 12th–13th century, Iran, Composite body, underglaze-painted (66.23)  
 
Costumed Figure, 7th–8th century, Mexico; Maya, Ceramic, pigment (1979.206.953) 
 
Covered jar (hu), Western Han dynasty, 2nd–1st century B.C., Probably from Luoyang area, China, Earthenware with painted decoration (1992.165.20ab)  
 
Cylindrical Vessel with Throne Scene, 8th century, Guatemala; Maya, Ceramic (1999.484.2) 
 
Dish, 18th–19th century, Transoxiana (Uzbekistan), Bukhara, Clay, painted and glazed (1997.312) 
 
Dish, 6th–5th millennium B.C.; Ubaid period, Excavated at Ubaid Cemetery, Grave 136, Eridu, Mesopotamia, Ceramic (49.133.2)  
 
Dish, ca. 1525–30; Ottoman; Iznik, Attributed to Iznik, Turkey, Underglaze-painted composite body (14.40.727)  
 
Dish, last quarter of 16th century; Ottoman, Iznik, Turkey, Composite body, painted and glazed (1979.412)  
 
Dish, late 12th–early 13th century, Iran, Kashan, Composite body, glazed and luster-painted (1983.247)  
 
Dish, second half of 12th century, Syria, Composite body, carved in relief, incised, and painted under a clear glaze (1979.210)  
 
Double Vessel with Mouse, 4th–8th century, Peru; Recuay, Ceramic (66.30.2) 
 
Double-Chambered Whistling Bottle, 4th–7th century, Ecuador; Bahía, Ceramic (1988.117.7) 
 
Double-spout bottle, 2nd–4th century, Peru; Nazca, Ceramic (1996.174) 
 
Drinking Cup, ca. 1900–1550 B.C., C-Group; From Faras, Lower Nubia, grave 110, Griffith excavations, Polished black ware with decoration filled with white pigment (13.125.28A)  
 
Drum, 2nd–1st century B.C., Peru; Paracas, Ceramic (1979.206.1097) 
 
Feline figure, 1st century B.C.–4th century A.D., Ecuador; Tolita/Tumaco, Ceramic (1991.436.8) 
 
Feline head bottle, 9th–5th century B.C., Peru; Tembladera, Ceramic (1978.412.203) 
 
Feline Incense Vessel, 6th–9th century, Bolivia; Tiwanaku, Ceramic (1978.412.100) 
 
Female dancer, early Western Han dynasty, 2nd century B.C., China, Earthenware with slip and pigments (1992.165.19)  
 
Female Figure, 12th–9th century B.C., Mexico; Las Bocas (?), Ceramic (1983.424)  
 
Female Figure, 1st century B.C.–2nd century A.D., Mexico; Jalisco, Ceramic (1979.355)  
 
Figure bottle, 1st–2nd century, Peru; Nazca, Ceramic (1978.412.53) 
 
Figure Holding Child, 4th–7th century, Ecuador; Bahía, Ceramic (1991.436.6) 
 
Figure Vessel, 3rd–2nd century B.C., Mexico; Chupicuaro, Ceramic (1979.206.606)  
 
Figure Vessel, 8th–12th century, Ecuador; Manteño, Ceramic, pigment (1988.117.10) 
 
Figure vessel, 9th–4th century B.C., Ecuador; Chorrera, Ceramic (1987.113) 
 
Fox Warrior Bottle, 6th–8th century, Peru; Moche, Ceramic (82.1.29) 
 
Funerary plaque, ca. 520–510 B.C.; Archaic, black-figure, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (54.11.5) 
 
Group of seated female musicians, Tang dynasty, late 7th century, China, Earthenware with painted decoration (23.180.4–7) 
 
Head of a ram, 3300–3100 B.C.; Late Uruk period
Mesopotamia, Ceramic, paint (1981.53)
 
 
Howling Canine, 5th–6th century, Mexico; Remojadas, Ceramic (1978.412.59)  
 
Hunchback, 12th–9th century B.C., Mexico; Olmec, Ceramic, pigment (1989.392)  
 
Hydria (water jar) depicting Herakles with women, a satyr, and Pan in the Garden of the Hesperides, early 4th century B.C.; red-figure, Greek; Attic, Attributed to the Hesperides Painter, Terracotta (24.97.5)  
 
Hydria (water jar) with the infant Herakles strangling snakes sent by the goddess Hera, ca. 460–450 B.C.; red-figure, Greek; Attic, Attributed to the Nausicaä Painter, Terracotta (25.28)  
 
Jar from the tomb of Sennedjem, New Kingdom, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C., Egyptian; From the tomb of Sennedjem, Deir el-Medina, western Thebes, Painted red pottery (86.1.10) 
 
Jar with Four Faces, mid-13th–mid-15th century, Casas Grandes peoples; Chihuahua, Ceramic (1979.206.1171)  
 
Jar with Ritual Scene, 15th century, Mexico; Mixtec/Nayarit, Ceramic (1992.3) 
 
Jar, 14th century; Mamluk, Syria, Composite body, underglaze-painted in cobalt blue and black on white slip, transparent glaze (91.1.130)  
 
Jar, Ban Chiang type, ca. 300 B.C.–200 A.D., Thailand, Earthenware with painted decoration (1987.424.9)  
 
Jar, Chosôn dynasty, 18th century, Korea, Porcelain with underglaze copper-red decoration of grapevine (1979.413.2) 
 
Jar, Majiayao culture, Machang phase, ca. 2300–2050 B.C., Gansu or Qinghai Province, China, Earthenware with painted decoration (1992.165.8)  
 
Jar, mid-6th millennium B.C.; Hacilar I type, South central Anatolia, Ceramic with paint (64.286.5) 
 
Jug with an oversized spout, mid-6th century B.C., Lydian; Excavated at Sardis, Terracotta (14.30.9) 
 
Jug, ca. 750–600 B.C.; Cypro-Archaic I, Cypriot, Terracotta (74.51.532) 
 
Krater, ca. 750–700 B.C.; Geometric, Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (14.130.14)  
 
Kylix (drinking cup), ca. 470 B.C.; Classical, white-ground, Attributed to the Villa Giulia Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1979.11.15) 
 
Kylix–Type B, ca. 500 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Ashby Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1993.11.5)  
 
Kylix, ca. 460 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Painter of Munich 2660, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (17.230.10)  
 
Kylix, ca. 480 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Dokimasia Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (06.1021.188) 
 
Kylix, ca. 500 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to Douris, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1986.322.1)  
 
Kylix, ca. 540–530 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1989.281.62)  
 
Lantern, late 12th–first half of 13th century, yria (Raqqa), Underglaze-painted composite ceramic body and overglaze luster-painted (91.1.138)  
 
Larnax (chest-shaped coffin), mid-13th century B.C.; Late Minoan IIIB, Minoan; Greece, Crete, Terracotta (1996.521a,b)  
 
Lebes gamikos (wedding vase), ca. 430–420 B.C.; Classical, Attributed to the Washing Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (07.286.35a,b)  
 
Lekythos (oil flask), ca. 450 B.C.; white-ground, Attributed to the Sabouroff Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (21.88.17) 
 
Lekythos (oil flask), ca. 460–450 B.C.; red-figure Attributed to the Nikon Painter Greek, Attic Terracotta (53.224) 
 
Lekythos (oil flask), ca. 470–460 B.C.; Classical; White ground with red-figure, Attributed to the Painter of the Yale Lekythos, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (07.286.44) 
 
Lekythos (oil flask), ca. 480–470 B.C.; red-figure Attributed to the Tithonos Painter Greek, Attic Terracotta (25.78.2) 
 
Lekythos (oil flask), ca. 500 B.C.; black-figure on white ground, Attributed to the Sappho Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (41.162.29) 
 
Lekythos depicting Poseidon pursuing Amymone, ca. 440 B.C.; Red-figure, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (17.230.35) 
 
Lekythos, ca. 480 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Brygos Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (24.97.28)  
 
Lekythos, ca. 550 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (56.11.1)  
 
Lekythos, ca. 550–530 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (31.11.10)  
 
Lentoid flask, 11th century B.C., Levantine, Bichrome Ware, Terracotta (74.51.431) 
 
Lydion (perfume jar), 6th century B.C., Greek, Lydian, Terracotta (26.164.27) 
 
Mask, 12th–9th century B.C., Mexico; Tlatilco, Ceramic (1979.206.1073)  
 
Mask, 1st century B.C.–4th century A.D., Ecuador; Tolita/Tumaco, Ceramic (1980.34.21) 
 
Mycenaean chariot krater, first half of 13th century B.C.; Late Helladic IIIB:1, Mycenaean; Found on Cyprus, Terracotta (74.51.966)  
 
Neck amphora (storage jar), ca. 620/615–595/590 B.C., Greek, Corinthian; Said to be from Capua, Terracotta (06.1021.18) 
 
Neck amphora, fourth quarter of 8th century B.C.; Late Geometric, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (10.210.7) 
 
Neck-amphora (jar), ca. 500 B.C.; Attic, black-figure, Attributed to the Diosphos Painter, Greek, Terracotta (56.171.25)  
 
Neck-amphora (jar), ca. 530 B.C.; Attic, black-figure, Attributed to an artist near Exekias, Greek, Terracotta (98.8.13)  
 
Neck-amphora, ca. 540 B.C.; Archaic; black-figure, Attributed to Exekias, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (27.16)  
 
Nolan neck-amphora with triple handles, ca. 470–460 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Achilles Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (25.189.2) 
 
Oinochoe-chous depicting women perfuming clothes, ca. 420–410 B.C.; Classical, red-figure, Attributed to the Meidias Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (75.2.11)  
 
One-handled kantharos, ca. 500 B.C.; Archaic, Attributed to the Class of the One-Handled Kantharoi, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (63.11.4)  
 
Open bowl, 1st century A.D., Nabataean; Jordan, Ceramic (1977.234.12)  
 
Pair of Figure Vessels, 12th–15th century, Mexico; Mixtec-Colima, Ceramic (1993.16.1,2) 
 
Pair of Pedestal Plates, 5th–8th century, Panama; Conte, Ceramic (1993.307.1,2) 
 
Pair of vases, Hongxian mark and period, 1915–16, China, Porcelain painted in overglaze sepia and black (68.4.1,.2) 
 
Panathenaic prize amphora, ca. 525–500 B.C.; black-figure Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter Greek, Attic Terracotta (07.286.79) 
 
Panathenaic prize amphora, ca. 525–500 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (16.71) 
 
Panathenaic prize amphora, ca. 530–520 B.C.; Black-figure, Attributed to the Euphiletos Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (14.130.12)  
 
Pedestal Bowl, 13th–16th century, Costa Rica; Guanacaste-Nicoya, Ceramic (1979.206.377) 
 
Pedestal Bowl, 14th–15th century
Mexico; Mixtec, Ceramic (1979.206.365)
 
 
Pillow, late Northern Song to Jin dynasty, 12th–13th century; Cizhou ware, Hebei Province, China, Stoneware with pigment (1985.214.132)  
 
Plate with Trumpeter, 8th century, Mexico or Guatemala; Maya, Ceramic (1989.110) 
 
Plate, 6th–5th millennium B.C.; Ubaid period, Excavated at Ubaid Cemetery, Grave 142, Eridu, Mesopotamia, Ceramic (49.133.4) 
 
Portrait Head Bottle, 5th–6th century, Peru; Moche, Ceramic (64.228.21) 
 
Psykter, ca. 520–510 B.C.; Archaic; red-figure, Attributed to Oltos, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1989.281.69)  
 
Psykter, ca. 520–510 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to Oltos, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (10.210.18)  
 
Pyxis (box with lid), mid-8th century B.C.; Geometric, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (48.11.5a,b) 
 
Pyxis, ca. 1400–1100 B.C.; Late Minoan IIIB, Minoan; Greece, Crete, Terracotta (1999.423)  
 
Pyxis, second half of 11th century, Syria, Composite body; luster-painted (1998.298ab)  
 
Rhyton in the form of a bull's head, ca. 1450–1400 B.C.; Late Minoan II, Minoan; Greece, Crete, Terracotta (1973.35)  
 
Ritual Vessel (Paccha), 15th–early 16th century, Peru; Inka, Ceramic (1979.206.1149) 
 
Seated Figure Censer (Incensario), 4th century, Mexico or Guatemala; Maya, Ceramic (1999.484.1a,b)  
 
Seated Figure, 13th–16th century, Colombia; Quimbaya, Ceramic (1976.412.2) 
 
Shallow bowl, 6th–5th millennium B.C.; Ubaid period, Excavated at Ubaid Cemetery, Grave 134, Eridu, Mesopotamia, Ceramic (49.133.3) 
 
"Smiling Figure", 7th–8th century, Mexico, Remojadas, Ceramic (1979.206.1211) 
 
Spherical Jar, Meroitic Period, ca. 100 B.C.–300 A.D., Meroitic, Painted pottery (08.202.47)  
 
Stamnos with lid, ca. 450 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Menelaos Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (06.1021.178) 
 
Standing court lady, Tang dynasty, mid-7th century, China, Earthenware with pigment (1978.345)  
 
Standing figure, 1st–5th century, Ecuador; Jama Coaque, Ceramic (1980.34.38) 
 
Standing figure, 5th–1st century B.C., Ecuador; Esteros/Bahía, Ceramic (1995.24.3) 
 
Statuette of a standing girl, ca. 300 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta (07.286.31) 
 
Statuette of a standing woman, late 4th–early 3rd century B.C., Greek, probably Boeotian, Terracotta (09.221.28) 
 
Statuette of a woman, 3rd century B.C., Greek, probably Boeotian, Terracotta (07.286.2) 
 
Stem cup, Ban Chiang type, 1st millennium B.C., Thailand, Earthenware with painted and incised decoration (1987.424.4.2)
 
 
Stemmed cup with murex decoration, late 14th century B.C.; Late Helladic IIIA:2, Mycenaean, Terracotta (1972.118.137) 
 
Stirrup jar with octopus, ca. 1200–1100 B.C.; Late Helladic IIIC, Helladic (Mycenaean), Terracotta (53.11.6)  
 
Stirrup-spout bottle with snake, 2nd–3rd century, Peru; Moche, Ceramic (1992.60.9) 
 
Storage jar (albarello), late 13th–14th century, Iran, Fritware, overglaze painted (lajvardina) (57.61.12a,b) 
 
Storage Jar (Urpu), 15th–early 16th century, Peru; Inka, Ceramic (1978.412.68) 
 
Storage jar decorated with mountain goats, early 4th millennium B.C.; Chalcolithic period, Sialk III 7 type, Central Iran, Ceramic, paint (59.52)  
 
Storage Jar, 600–700, Byzantine; Made in Egypt, Ceramic, painted (23.2.74)  
 
Terracotta Figure of Isis-Aphrodite, Roman period, 2nd–3rd century, Egyptian, Alluvial clay; brown, black, red, and pink paint on white englobe (1991.76)  
 
Terracotta figurine with articulated arms and legs, early 5th century B.C., Greek, Corinthian (44.11.8) 
 
Terracotta Hadra hydria (water jar) with figural medallion, 3rd century B.C.; Ptolemaic, Greek (90.9.67)  
 
Terracotta Hadra hydria (water jar) with funerary inscription, 226–225 B.C.; Ptolemaic, Greek (90.9.5)  
 
Terracotta hydria (water jar), ca. 510–500 B.C.; black-figure, Greek, Attic, Attributed to the Class of Hamburg 1917.477 (06.1021.77) 
 
Terracotta hydria (water jar), ca. 520–510 B.C.; black-figure, Greek, Caeretan, Attributed to the Eagle Painter (64.11.1) 
 
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar), ca. 510 B.C.; Archaic, red-figure, Greek, Attic (56.171.31) 
 
Terracotta standing male figurine holding a quadruped, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1613); Terracotta standing warrior (?), ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1614); Terracotta standing warrior with a shield, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1655); Terracotta standing male figurine playing a double flute, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1691); Terracotta standing male figurine, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1692) 
 
Three female figures, ca.1400–1300 B.C.; Late Helladic IIIA, Mycenaean, Terracotta (35.11.16-.18) 
 
Tomb guardian (zhenmushou), Northern Wei to Northern Qi dynasties, mid- to late 6th century, China, Earthenware with pigment (1979.438)  
 
Tripod Plate, 9th–10th century, Mexico; Maya, Ceramic (1989.314.20) 
 
Vessel fragment with bird in profile, 7th–6th millennium B.C.; Halaf period, Excavated at Tell Brak, Eye Temple fill, Syria, Ceramic, paint (1988.323.7) 
 
Vessel fragment with geometric design, 7th–6th century B.C., Anatolia, Phrygia, Gordion
Ceramic, paint (L.1994.96.6)
 
 
Vessel fragment with rosette, 7th–6th millennium B.C.; Halaf period, Excavated at Tell Brak, FS 1314, Syria, Ceramic, paint (1988.323.6) 
 
Vessel with Mythological Scene, 8th century, Mexico or Guatemala; Maya, Ceramic (1978.412.206) 
 
Vessel, Predynastic Period, Naqada II, ca. 3450–3300 B.C., Egyptian, Painted pottery (20.2.10)  
 
Volute-krater (vase for mixing wine and water), early 6th century B.C., Attributed to Sophilos, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (1977.11.2) 
 
Volute-krater, ca. 515 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Karkinos Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (21.88.74)  
 
Votive panels, Kushan dynasty, ca. 3rd century A.D., Bactria (northern Afghanistan), Terracotta and gouache (2000.42.2,4)  
 
Vulture Bowl, 13th–15th century, Mexico; Isla de Sacrificios, Ceramic (1978.412.81) 
 
Vulture Vessel, 15th–early 16th century, Mexico; Aztec, Ceramic (1981.297) 
 
Whistling bottle with feline face, 4th–3rd century B.C., Peru; Paracas, Ceramic, postfired paint (62.266.72) 
 
Woman Wearing a Tunic, 4th–5th century; Early Byzantine, Egyptian; Probably Eshmunein, Plaster terracotta (12.185.4)  
 
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