Ancient Greek pots represent some of the only ancient Greek painting to survive.
c. 900–146 B.C.E.
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What is Ancient Greek pottery?
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Krater with ship scene
This ancient Greek krater is covered in painted images, leading many scholars to speculate about the meaning behind this vessel.
Sotades Painter, White-ground cup
Why was a mythical story about death and rebirth painted on an ancient Greek vase?
The Chigi Painter, The Chigi Vase
Discovered in an ancient Etruscan tomb, the style of this vase suggests it was created hundreds of miles away, in Corinth, Greece.
The François Vase: story book of Greek mythology
Zeus, Hera, and more than 100 gods, heroes, and monsters enact ancient Greek mythology on the surface of this vase.
Euphronios, Sarpedon Krater
Gods carry away the dead on a pot looted from a tomb, trafficked out of Italy, bought by the Met, and finally returned.
Terracotta Krater
This pot stood above a grave, and the female mourners depicted on it tear out their hair in grief.
Sophilos: a new direction in Greek pottery
Through interactions with other Mediterranean cultures, ancient Greek potters developed new techniques.
Greek Vase-Painting, an introduction
Greek potters developed a remarkable variety of shapes, sizes, and styles that offer insights into ancient culture.
Eleusis Amphora
This ancient pot depicts not one, but two myths: Perseus slaying Medusa and Odysseus blinding the cyclops.
Ancient Greek vase production and the black-figure technique
From heroes and gods to everyday life, ancient Greek pottery depicted a variety of subjects.
Niobid Krater
The gods Apollo and Artemis exact revenge for their mother, in an early attempt at showing depth in ancient Greek art.
