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How to Read Greek Vases
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How to Read Greek Vases
Mertens, Joan R.
2010
176 pages
214 illustrations
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Table of contents
About the authors
Praise
Director's Forward
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Vases
Suggested Reading
Index
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Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with Herakles and a bull
ca. 520–510 BCE
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Euergides Painter
ca. 510 BCE
Terracotta pyxis (box)
Penthesilea Painter
ca. 465–460 BCE
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Euaion Painter
ca. 460–450 BCE
Terracotta stamnos (jar)
Barclay Painter
ca. 450–440 BCE
Terracotta mastos (drinking cup in the form of a breast)
Psiax
ca. 520 BCE
Terracotta cup: cow's hoof
Brygos Painter
ca. 470–460 BCE
Terracotta funerary plaque
ca. 520–510 BCE
Terracotta lebes gamikos (round-bottomed bowl with handles and stand used in weddings)
Naples Painter
ca. 420 BCE
Terracotta kernos (vase for multiple offerings)
ca. 2300–1900 BCE
Terracotta ring-kernos (offering vase)
ca. 1050–950 BCE
Terracotta jar with three handles
ca. 1525–1490 BCE
Steatite triangular prism
ca. 1900–1750 BCE
Terracotta chariot krater
ca. 1300–1230 BCE
Bronze handles and rim of a cauldron
ca. 1300–1050 BCE
Chlorite amphoriskos (small jar)
ca. 1200–1100 BCE
Terracotta miniature female figure
ca. 1300–1200 BCE
Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)
1st half of 8th century BCE
Terracotta krater
Workshop of New York MMA 34.11.2
ca. 775 BCE
Terracotta model of a ship
ca. 600–480 BCE
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