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10 Greek Pottery Details
The pottery of ancient Greece has provided us with some of the most distinctive pottery shapes and striking decoration from antiquity. This collection begins with the Minoans whose love of the sea and flowing, vibrant forms can be seen on the famous Marine Style askos. In the archaic period geometric designs gained popularity until designers eventually began to experiment with human figures. These would become more and more expressive and detailed with the black-figure style which first appeared in Corinth and then spread across Greece. Finally, the red-figure style added yet more details and greater variety in colours to pottery decoration and saw more ambitious attempts made at achieving depth and perspective. For more on this fascinating subject see Ancient History Encyclopedia’s definition on Greek pottery.
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Ancient Greek. Campanian, c. 4th Century BC. A nice Campanian black-glazed skyphos, with impressed palmette pattern at center of bowl, flared foot and two loop handles. Restoration to one handle. Wonderful impression in the center! W: 6 3/4 in (17.2 cm). Ex German private collection acquired in the 1970's. #AG2273: $399
Ancient Greece, c. 4th - 3rd Century BC. An attractive Greek black-glazed pedestal bowl or chalice. With bands around the rim and sides, the bowl deep with widely flared foot. 3 3/8" x 4 1/2" (8.6 x 11.4 cm). Intact, with some surface weathering. Ex Los Angeles, CA private collection. #AG2270: $399
Ancient Greek, Magnia Graecia, c. 4th Century BC. A cute Greek black glazed lekanis with glossy black surfaces. H: 4 1/4" (10.7 cm), W: 3 5/8" (9.2 cm). Well-preserved, the top and bottom possibly from different vessels, but fitting together nicely and attractive. Ex Southern California private collection. #AG2262: $450
Ancient Rhodes, Greece, c. 3rd-2nd century BC. Nice terracotta amphora handle, stamped with the a monogram of the name of the merchant whose goods it once contained! Inscription "X-L-L-N" (the "N" backwards), around a central cross. Measures 5.7 x 4 cm (2 1/4" x 1 1/2"). Nice dark red color. #AG2199: $225
Ancient Rhodes, Greece, c. 3rd-2nd century BC. Fantastic large terracotta amphora handle, stamped with the name of the merchant whose goods it once contained! Depicts the face of Helios, in reference to the monumental statue, one of the wonders of the ancient world! The face of the statue, the Colossus of Rhodes. Inscription appears to read "EPIKLE-YKRAGE". Measures 7.5 x 5 cm (3" x 2"), thick and chunky! Fantastic! #AG2198: $399
Ancient Greek, c. 4th Century BC. Wonderful small Greek ribbed olpe from Apulia. The body with light vertical ribbing. H: 2 1/4 in (5.7 cm). Light deposits. Ex German private collection acquired in the 1990's. #AG2253: $299
Ancient Greece. Hellenistic, c. 3rd - 1st Century BC. An elegant Hellenistic ceramic olpe, of tall, narrow form, the orange slip with black mottling in areas. H: 5 1/4 in (13.3 cm). Intact with light deposits. Gorgeous form! Ex collection of Sir William Whitfield, acquired in the 1940's. #AG2275: $425 SOLD
Ancient Greece, c. 5th - 4th century BC. A large and nice Greek black glazed skyphos. With wide foot and two horizontally-aligned handles, the surfaces are well-preserved with light deposits. 4 3/4" x 7 3/4" (12 x 19.7 cm). Ex German private collection acquired in the 1920's and 1930's. Quite an impressive display piece! #AG2252: $450 SOLD
Ancient Greek, c. 4th-3rd century BC. Nice terracotta drinking cup. With shallow bowl with single loop handle, decorated with bands of red-orange slip around the inside. An ancient repair to one side… a crack or hole had been repaired by carefully carving around the hole and a lead plug filled in! Still intact! L: 4 7/8" H: 1 1/4". Great color with mineral deposits. Ex-collection of Howard Sirak, Columbus, Ohio. So rare with this ancient repair! #AG2162: $450
Ancient Rhodes, Greece, c. 3rd-2nd century BC. Excellent large terracotta amphora handle, stamped with the name of the merchant whose goods it once contained! Inscription appears to read "E--LAGRIA". Measures 8 x 5 cm (3 1/4" x 2"), thick and chunky! #AG2196: $250
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Wonderful small terracotta pot. Creme-colored slip with fine linear rings around body. Simple but attractive. a nice display piece at a budget price. Measures 72x60 mm (2 3/4 x 2 3/8 inches). #6166: $175 SOLD
Gnathian ware oenochoe, 2nd Century BC With trefoil mouth and wide band of olive leaves around the body and hatching on the shoulder. Completely intact! 7 1/2" (195 mm) tall. 1890's museum tag on side. Ex old French collection, acquired in the 1970's. An incredible display piece. #gn158: $675 SOLD
Cypriot pottery flask, c. 1400-1200 BC. Found in an excavation at Gezer in the early 20th century. Middle Bronze Age "bil-bil" with globular body, long tapered neck, single handle and round foot. Part of spout broken in antiquity. Excavation tag "GEZER" in pencil on body. 132 mm (5 1/4") tall. #271012: $275 SOLD 
Ancient Greek South Italy. Apulia, mid-4th century BC. Lovely miniature Xenon-ware olpe. Finely painted swan on front, with floral motifs around. now mostly faded. A few traces of original fingerprints left in the slip! Stands 70 mm (2 3/4") tall. #90919: $375 SOLD 
Ancient Greece, c. 4th Century BC. Nice and large black-slipped amphora. An impressive pottery vessel with wide, rounded body decorated with raised vertical "ribs", two handles and wide, flared rim. Repaired from shards. Stands 6 1/4" (15.8 cm) tall. Ex English private collection. An impressive display piece at a budget price. #0611204-1: $399 SOLD 
Etrusco-Corinthian, c. 6th Century BC. Nice large Skyphos wine-cup. Repaired from shards. Measures 168 mm (6 1/2") handle-to-handle, stands 85 mm (3 1/4") tall. Ex-Seaby. Ex-Superior auction 1183. For a very similar example see Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: GLASGOW, GLASGOW COLLECTIONS, 43, PL.(909) 50.4. Ex-Dr. Geoffrey Smith collection, San Diego CA. #GS453x2: $550 SOLD 
Excellent and tall Apulian Epichysis/Prochus from Magnia Graecia, c. 330 - 320 BC. Used for pouring oil or wine, with a slender spout and elegant handle. Central body motif features bands of ornate scrolls and rosettes, waves, petals and crenellations. H: 8 3/8" (21.2 cm). Repaired from two pieces, no restoration. A beautiful example! Ex Los Angeles private collection. #1011278: $1200 SOLD 
Ancient Greece, Magnia Graecia, 3rd Century BC. Greek black-ware Askos with bird motif. With sharply carinated edges and ring foot. Sides decorated with birds (ducks?) between a leaf pattern. Intact, some weathering of the slip. H: 3 3/8" (8.6 cm) L: 4 7/8" (12.4 cm). Ex-museum de-accession. Nice! #A11279: $499 SOLD 
Ancient Greek South Italy. Apulia, mid-4th century BC. Lovely miniature Xenon-ware olpe. Finely painted patterns in orange/creme, delicately formed spout and rim. Single handle on back. Intact! Stands 65 mm (2 1/2") tall. #90918x2: $399 SOLD 
Ancient Cyprus, c. 8th - 7th Century BC. Beautiful Cypriot kantharos. Nicely made with pedestal foot and two small handles. Nice black stripes around both inside and outside of rim, black painted circle on inside. Stands 3" (7.7 cm) tall, one small area of restoration. Ex-English private collection. #0611204-2: $250 SOLD 
A nice black-ware Campanian wine cup, Magnia Graecia, c. 350 - 320 BC, with low pedestal foot and single handle. Used for drinking wine 2300 years ago! Intact and a nice example! H: 1 3/4" (4.4 cm) W: 4 1/4" (10.8 cm). Ex Los Angeles private collection. #1011286: $375 SOLD 
Ancient Greece, c. 5th Century BC. Very large and attractive Daunian askos. The body is decorated with fine painted line work. On the front of the spout are stylized floral devices, the vines continuing around the entire top of the vessel. Some minor cracking around the base, a few flakes reattached. H: 7 1/2" (19.1 cm). Ex San Diego private collection. #GBA12192: $599 SOLD 
Athens, ancient Greece. Beautiful Attic Black-Figure Lekythos, c. 475 - 450 BC. The body decorated with three tall palmettes enhanced with incision through the black, alternating with three stylized lotus buds. Concentric black lines of varying width below ending with a solid black base and top of the foot. Shoulder of vessel with black ray design, neck plain. Single strap handle is black glazed on the outer side. H: 5 1/8" (13.2 cm). Foot reattached, otherwise intact with some minor surface encrustation. Cf. Athens: The City Beneath The City Antiquities from the Metropolitan Railway Excavations, Greek Ministry of Culture, Athens, 2000, #307 for a very similar black figure lekythos, dated 500-475 BC, and #314 for a very similar black figure lekythos dated 480-470 BC. Ex So. California collection. #A11263: $975 SOLD 
Magnia Graecia, Greek South Italy, c. 350 - 330 BC. Nice Apulian black glazed skyphos. The bowl deep with raised foot in two degrees and a pair of delicate handles. The front of the bowl is nicely decorated with a central rosette flanked by fillets and palm fronds, all below a thin band of dotted ovolo. W: 6 1/2" (16.5 cm). Some repair around rim. A nice cup! Ex Orange County private collection. #AG2020: $875 SOLD 
Cyprus, c. 2000 - 1600 BC. Choice Cypriot black polished-ware bowl. Hand built, of hemispherical form with straight rim and attractive orange red slip, the rim area and the inside black. The outside of the vessel is decorated with incised spirals and hatching with concentric circles around the bottom and geometric motifs around the rim. H: 2 3/8" (6 cm) Dia: 4 1/4" (10.8 cm). Repaired from two parts, some minor scuffs and surface abrading. Mounted in a custom lucite protective box. Ex R. Holden collection, Los Angeles, acquired in the 1960's. #AG2002: $600 SOLD 
Ancient Greece, c. 4th - 3rd Century BC. Nice Greek juglet with black-brown slip. Stands 10 cm (3 3/4") tall, with nice form and arching handle. Intact! Ex-Dr. Geoffrey Smith collection, San Diego CA. #GS452: $475 SOLD 
Magnia Graecia, 4th Century BC. A lovely Greek Gnathian-ware skyphos, with vine and tendril motif below geometric bands on the front and a simplified band of vine on the back. 3 3/8" x 5 1/2" (8.6 x 13.9 cm). Restoration to one handle, light deposits. Ex-J. Rilling private collection, Orange County, CA #AG2070: $599 SOLD 
Greek Baby-Feeder! Ancient Greece, 4th - 3rd Century BC. A nice Greek black-ware baby-feeder vessel. The top near flat with central opening, the bottom tapering to a flared flat foot, with single handle and a narrow spout. H: 1 3/4" (4.6 cm) W: 3 5/8" (9.2 cm). Some chipping to foot and light deposits. Ex English private collection. #AG2090: $399 SOLD 
Apulia, ancient Greek South Italy c. 350 - 330 BC. Gorgeous Gnathian-ware kantharos with lady of fashion on either side. The heads of the ladies are between palmettes and a crook design, a nice wave pattern just below the rim. The ladies are depicted wearing necklace and earrings, hair in skyphos, with rows of pearls and hair pins at front. Restored from sherds and a very attractive piece. Stands 3 3/4" (9.7 cm) tall. Ex-old Los Angeles collection. #m14157x2: $750 SOLD
Ancient Greece. Magnia Graecia, 4th Century BC. A large and attractive Apulian Skyphos, with vine motif below bands containing an egg pattern, curved lines and pellets, the opposite side with somewhat stylized vine motif. H: 4 3/8" (11.1 cm). Area of repair on backside, some wear of the glaze in a few spots. Absolutely gorgeous. Ex Orange County private collection. #A14153: $699 SOLD 
Ancient Greece. Attic, c. 5th century BC. Great ceramic offering bowl with black slip. W: 58 mm (2 1/4"). Nice black to dark red surfaces, very old ID tag on base. Ex Los Angeles, CA private collection. #AG2113: $275 SOLD 
Ancient Greek. Cypriot, c. 6th-4th century BC. Marvelous small single-handled pitcher, with nice painted black details. Intact save for small repair to base. Stands 85 mm (3 3/8") tall. From my own personal collection! #GR074: $399 SOLD 
Ancient Greece. Hellenistic period, c. 3rd-2nd century BC. Nice terracotta unguentarium, used to store oils. 10 cm (4") tall, and intact. Ex Los Angeles, CA private collection. #AG2111: $225 SOLD 
Ancient Greece, c. 3rd - 1st Century BC. Hellenistic ceramic amphora, with fluted body, small pedestal foot and a pair of loop handles, the body is decorated with vertical ridges in imitation of metal ware. H: 4 1/2" (11.4cm). Some restoration to the edge of the foot, light deposits over the grey buff clay. Ex San Francisco estate. #AG2030: $299 SOLD 
Nice Daunian pedestal bowl, Italic-Greek, early 3rd Century BC. Well-thrown and decorated with concentric circles in red-brown slip. H: 2 3/4" 6.9 cm) Dia: 6 1/2" (16.5 cm). Intact with two holes on the edge of the rim for suspension and light earthen deposits. Ex San Diego private collection. #GBA12194: $499 SOLD 
Ancient Greece, c. 4th Century BC. Lovely little Greek stamnos. With nicely formed body, flared lip, and 2 small handles. Intact and unrepaired, with only a few very small abrasions. H: 72 mm (2 7/8"), W: 64 mm (2 1/2"). Nice black glaze and light mineral deposits. Quite a cute piece! ex-J. Rilling private collection, Orange County, CA. #AG2153: $325 SOLD 
Ancient Greece, c. 4th Century BC. Large black-glazed skyphos. With large, wide mouth, and 2 nicely formed handles. W: 17 cm (6 3/4"), H: 11 cm (4 1/4"). Nice black glaze and light mineral deposits. Repaired. ex-J. Rilling private collection, Orange County, CA. Displays quire nicely! #AG2152: $325 SOLD 
A nice Apulian Greek black-glazed skyphos, 4th Century BC, with tapered foot and to horizontal loop handles. Nicely preserved with light deposits of glossy surfaces. H: 3" (7.6 cm) W: 4 7/8" (12.3 cm). A classic ancient Greek drinking vessel! Intact with great black color (not brown like the photo suggests), light earthen deposits. ex-John Rilling collection, Orange County, CA. Mr. Rilling died in 2008, stopped collecting in the 1990’s. Mr. Rilling selected the items for his collection carefully, acquiring them bit by bit from major auction houses in the US and the UK. #AG2152: $325 SOLD 
Mycenaean, Greece. Late Helladic IIIC, c. 1200 BC. A great Mycenaean stirrup jar, the rounded body with raised disk foot, narrow spout with flared rim and a pair of loop handles. The vessels are nicely decorated with concentric bands and circles in brown slip. H: 4" (10 cm). A pleasing example! Ex Los Angeles collection Ex Jerusalem Gallery. #AG2107: $450 SOLD 
Greek, Magnia Graecia, c. 4th Century BC. Fantastic Apulian Greek Olpe with a swan. The body nicely decorated with a central swan, a vine tendril and a rosette to either side, the neck is adorned with bands containing ovolo, laurel leaves and grape leaves. A very attractive example! H: 5" (12.8 cm). One expert repair to neck, light deposits throughout. Ex-J Rilling collection, Orange County, CA. Beautiful display piece! #AG2053: $1500 SOLD 
Ancient Greek. Apulia, South Italy, c. 4th century BC. Gorgeous small black-ware footed cellar dish. The rim and bowl decorated with delicate incised and impressed designs, with floral design at the center, traces of red and white paint still visible in the details. With rounded foot and short, decorative stem. W: 9.2 cm (3 5/8") H: 4 cm (1 5/8"). Ex-Lester Gross Collection, New York City, collected in the 1970's. Beautiful! #AG2151: $650 SOLD 
Ancient Greece, 4th – 3rd Century BC. An attractive little Greek black-ware oinochoe with glossy surface beneath light deposits. Graceful form. H: 3" (7.8 mm). Ex collection of Prof. Alan Pasch, Maryland. Nice display-piece! #AG2159: $350 SOLD 
Ancient Greek, Magnia Graecia, 4th Century BC. Greek black-ware squat lekythos. With rounded body and ring foot, the neck constricted with wide flat rim and single handle. H: 3 7/8" (9.8cm). Ex-old German private collection. #AG2200: $299 SOLD 
Ancient Greece. Hellenistic period, c. 4th - 3rd Century BC. A fantastic Hellenistic orange-slipped kantharos. Of attractive form with ring foot and two loop handles. 3 5/8 x 5 1/2 in (9.2 x 13.9 cm). Orange slip preserved beneath earthen and mineral deposits. Ex-collection of Howard Sirak, Columbus, OH. #AG2216: $450 SOLD 
Ancient Greek South Italy. Apulian, c. 350 BC. Nice small blackware vessel, resembling a miniature pyxis, used for offerings. Tiny 28x14 mm (1 1/8" x 1/2")! ex-J Rilling collection, Orange County, CA. #AG2115: $99 SOLD 
Ancient Greek South Italy. Apulian, c. 350 BC. Nice small blackware vessel, resembling a miniature pyxis, used for offerings. Tiny 24x14 mm (1" x 9/16")! ex-J Rilling collection, Orange County, CA. #AG2117: $99 SOLD 
Ancient Greek South Italy. Apulian, c. 350 BC. Nice small blackware vessel, resembling a miniature pyxis, used for offerings. Tiny 24x14 mm (15/16" x 9/16")! ex-J Rilling collection, Orange County, CA. #AG2116: $99 SOLD 
A very nice Corinthian skyphos, 6th Century BC. One side with a lovely pair of swans facing one another and the opposite side featuring a panther standing to right. All in dark brown and red lip enhanced by incising, rosettes in the field and a border of tongues below an additional rosette below each horizontally aligned handle and a black band inside the rim. W: 4 in (10 com) handle to handle. Near perfect with light deposits! Ex R. Fletcher private collection, Taos, NM. A gorgeous little piece! #AG2124: $1500 SOLD 
Cypriot, c. 1650-1050 BC. Nice Cypriot footed shallow dish.
With a rounded handle, the interior decorated with dark banding. H: 1 3/4" (4.6cm), W: 5 7/8" (14.6cm), L: 7" in (18cm). Large and intact with original paint. Ex Victorian private collection, UK. #AG2221: $250 SOLD 
Ancient Greek. Corinthian, c. 600 - 550 BC. Nice Corinthian aryballos. With a large quatrefoil design in dark brown slip, banding around the top of the rim. H: 2 3/8 in (5.9 cm). Part of rim lost in antiquity, with light earthen deposits. Ex London, UK private collection acquired in the 1970's-80's. Nice surfaces, unfortunately a horrible, grainy photo. #AG2235: $199 SOLD 
Ancient Greek, c. 800 - 500 BC. Great Eastern Greek handled vessel. Hand built, the rounded body with flattened base, the rim flared wide and with a tall handle. The vessel is decorated with bands in deep brown slip. H: 3 1/2 in (9 cm). Light deposits, small repair to lip. Ex South German private collection of an artist and art collector purchased between 1960 to 1980. #AG2226: $399 SOLD 
Ancient Greek. Hellenistic, c. 3rd - 2nd Century BC. Great Hellenistic orange-slipped kantharos. Of hourglass form with disk foot, one handle remains making it an attractive single-handled cup! 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in (8.5 x 11.5 cm). Light deposits. Ex collection of Dr. Howard Sirak, Columbus, OH. #AG2219: $375 SOLD 
Ancient Greece, c. 4th Century BC. Nice small Greek ceramic cellar (small dish). Black-glazed, with small ring foot, nicely preserved. Dia: 2 1/8" (5.4 cm). Ex New York private collection of an archaeologist, acquired in the 1960's. #AG2255: $125 SOLD 
Ancient Greece, c. 4th Century BC. Nice small Greek ceramic cellar (small dish). Black-glazed, with small ring foot, some weathering and chips to rim. Dia: 2 1/8" (5.4 cm).Ex New York private collection of an archaeologist, acquired in the 1960's. #AG2256: $99 SOLD 
Hellenistic Greek, c. 3rd-2nd century BC. Ceramic bottle, found in Judaea! With rounded body, tall neck and flared rim. Nice reddish color with earthen deposits. H: 10.5 cm (4 1/8"). Very old inked tag on base reads "Judaea, Hellenistic Period C. 330 BC". Acquired from a New York estate, purchased at auction in 1970. #AG2177: $225 SOLD 
Ancient Greece. Hellenistic period, c. 3rd-2nd century BC. Nice ceramic "spindle bottle" unguentarium, used to store oils. 12 cm (4 3/4") tall, and intact, with minor ship to foot. Dark gray surfaces with heavy earthen deposits. Ex Los Angeles, CA private collection. #AG2112: $225 SOLD 
Ancient Greek, c. 4th-3rd century BC. Gorgeous terracotta drinking cup. With shallow bowl with single loop handle, decorated with bands of red-orange slip around the inside and outside. Great color with mineral deposits. L: 4 9/16" H: 1 1/4". Ex-collection of Howard Sirak, Columbus, Ohio. #AG2163: $399 SOLD 
Ancient Greek South Italy. Apulian, c. 350 BC. Nice small blackware vessel, resembling a miniature pyxis, used for offerings. Tiny 20x11 mm (13/16" x 7/16")! ex-J Rilling collection, Orange County, CA. #AG2114: $60 SOLD
An absolutely breathtaking Greek blackware owl-cup. Depicts a standing owl on both sides, with olive-branches between. Outstanding deep black tone with bright yellow/orange paint. A stunning museum-quality display piece. Measures 145 mm (5 3/4 inches) handle to handle, and stands 66 mm (2 5/8 inches) tall. From an old New York collection. #5785: $1399 SOLD
Greek South Italy. Daunian, c. 4th century BC. Ancient Greece, Campania, 4th century BC. A beautiful xenon-ware red-figure kylix depicting a standing swan, surrounded by laurel-leaf border. Some original earthen encrustation, which adds to its charm. Expertly repaired from sherds. Measures about 8 inches (202 mm) handle to handle, and stands about 1 5/8 inches high. From an old New York collection. #484: $800 SOLD 
Hellenistic Greece, c. 3rd-1st Century BC. Nice Hellenistic grey ware spindle bottle. Of typical form and intact with some earthen deposits. Nicely mounted on a custom metal stand. Bottle measures 5 1/2" tall. With stand measures 6". Ex Los Angeles private collection. Nice! #0211226: $399 SOLD 
Nice Campanian black-ware skyphos cup, Magnia Graecia, 4th Century BC. Nicely potted with an almost irridescent slip. Intact, small rim chip on one side. Nice example of Greek pottery. Ex old English collection 5 1/2" (14 cm) dia. #1210174: $399 SOLD 
Greek South Italy c. 4th Century BC. Nice Gnathian-ware pottery bottle. Lustrous black slip with fine painted white and red details, finely-modeled wide spout. Stands 5" (12.8 cm) tall. Intact! Very nice display piece! #0411141-1: $425 SOLD 
Ancient Greece, Hellenistic period, c. 4th-2nd century BC. Small terracotta pitcher. Of simple form with single handle and wide body. Repair to spout. Stands 2 1/2" (6.4 cm) high. Ex English private collection. Budget priced! #0611204-3: $99 SOLD 
Ancient Greece. Magnia Graecia, c. 350 - 330 BC. Gorgeous Apulian red-figure olpe. Depicts a lady of fashion on either side, palmettes below each handle and a band of pellets around the neck. Intact and attractive! H: 4" (10 cm). Ex W. Levy collection (1916-2006) Ex. Charles Ede Ltd, London, 1992. #0611201x2: $750 SOLD 
Magnificent Rhodian terracotta amphora. Roman, c. 1st - 4th Century AD, with characteristic form and quite elegant. H: 7" (17.8 cm). Intact with old museum label tucked inside the spout. Found in Syria, 19th Century. Ex Thomas Cotterill collection, UK, acquired in the 19th Century. #1011296: $675 SOLD 
Greek South Italy. Campanian, mid-4th Century BC. Fantastic Guttus with face of Zeus in the center. Measures 117 mm (4 3/4") across, 10 cm (4") tall at tip of spout. Gorgeous piece with lustrous surface and iridescent tone. Green light in photo is an unfortunate reflection. Ex-Superior auction 1183, Ex-Dr. Geoffrey Smith collection, San Diego CA. Cf. Como, Museo Archeologico: C133 for a very similar example. #GS412x2: SOLD 
Ancient Greece, Magnia Graecia, c. 340 -320 BC. Magnificent Apulian Xenon-ware Kylix, depicting a swan within a laurel-wreath. The bowl is shallow with raised ring foot and two handles. Nice style with additional laurel pattern on the outside of the bowl. W: 10" (25.3 cm). Intact with light deposits. Ex Dr. Gilles collection, Germany, acquired prior to 1970. #A11274: $1199 SOLD 
Ancient Greece, c. 330 - 300 BC. A magnificent Apulian Gnathian-ware kantharos from Magnia Graecia. Used for wine, with tall bifurcated handles, the mouth and shoulder of the vessel separated by a ridge. The body is decorated with vine and floral motifs white and pale orange. H: 4" (10.2 cm). Small rim repair. Light earthen deposits. Ex Orange County private collection. #A15160: $975 SOLD 
Ancient Greece, c. 3rd - 2nd Century BC. Gorgeous Hellenistic relief bowl, Eastern Mediterranean. Mold-made, the lower portion of the bowl decorated with rows of pellets between petals, a row of rosettes above. Intact with heavy earthen deposits and traces of red-orange slip. H: 2 5/8" (6.6 cm) Dia: 4 7/8" (9.8 cm). Ex-Dr. Geoffrey Smith coll., San Diego CA. Beautiful! #GBA12214: $499 SOLD 
Ancient Greece. Magnia Graecia, 4th Century BC. Fine Apulian Red-Figure Lekanis decorated with a "Lady of Fashion". The base glazed black with two slightly elevated handles, the lid nicely decorated with two female head in profile, a palmette to either side, and the knob with central rosette surrounded by lines around the edge. W: 6 1/2" (16.5 cm). Area of repair on lid. ex-J.R. private collection, Orange County, CA. #AG2007: $799 SOLD 
Ancient Greece. Magnia Graecia, c. 300 BC. Fantastic Apulian Gnathian Kantharos. The body is decorated with vertical ribbing, which is offset from the neck and topped with a white band, which possesses a lovely vine motif on either side. The lower part of the flaring rim is formed by a sharply overhanging flange and the double-reeded handles are each topped with a "knot of Hercules", the bases with vertical white lines. The foot is set off from the body by a thick reddish band of slip. H: 4 1/4" (10.8 cm). Intact, some weathering of the slip and a few minor chips to the foot. Cf. M. Bernardini, Vasi dello Stili di Gnathia (Bari 1961) pl. 22,2 for comparable shape and decoration Ex Orange County private collection. #AG2011: $1200 SOLD 
Ancient Greece, c. 4th - 3rd Century BC. Nice Greek ceramic olpe, the body tall and tapered toward the bottom with flat disk base with outer ridge. The neck is narrowed with flared mouth and a single strap handle. H: 3 1/4" (8.3 cm). Intact with remains of black glaze. Ex Chicago private collection. #AG2033: $225 SOLD 
Ancient Etruscan/Greek, c. 6th Century BC. Nice Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos, decorated with bands in a dark slip, rays above. Intact with some surface wear and light deposits, minor rim chips. H: 3 3/8" (8.6 cm). Ex Alex Malloy, 1979. #A15143x2: $299 SOLD 
Greek South Italy, 4th century BC. Nice Campanian black-glazed footed bowl. Nicely made with impressed palmettes and concentric circles around the inside. H: 5.4 cm Dia: 14.6 cm. Intact, some earthen deposits. Ex Royal Athena Galleries, New York. #AG2012: $375 SOLD 
Athens, ancient Greece, c. late 6th - early 5th Century BC. A gorgeous small Greek black-figure lekythos depicting a satyr with two figures, the satyr prances to right, looking back at a standing figure whose robe he is lifting with his right hand, another robed figure stands before. An attractive little vessel with a whimsical scene! H: 4” (10.2cm). Intact with light deposits. Ex New York private collection. Excellent! #AG2096: $950 SOLD 
Ancient Greek South Italy. Apulia, mid-4th century BC. Beautiful black-slip single-handled cup or pot. Amazing deep black glossy surfaces. Repaired from fragments. Some finger-prints of the maker still visible in the slip around the lip. Looks great and feels wonderful in-hand. 88 mm (3 3/8") tall x 94 mm (3 5/8") across the top. Ex-Southern California collecion. #90917: $399 SOLD 
A large Daunian (possibly Cypriot) oinochoe, 4th Century BC, the body decorated with a wide band flanked by two narrower bands, the neck with more of an inconsistent wave pattern. Intact, Minor chipping to rim and base, earthen encrustation. 9 1/8" (23.1 cm) tall. Ex old English private collection. An amazing and impressive piece! #AG2072: $799 SOLD 
Greek South Italy. Campanian, 4th Century BC. Excellent large black bowl with incised detail. Measures 168 mm (6 1/2") diameter, stands 65 mm (2 1/2") tall. Wonderful impressed design in center, consisting of a small central face surrounded with 7 impressed leafs and dotted and linear elements. Gorgeous glossy surfaces. Intact! Cf. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: ENSERUNE, MOURET, 27, PL.(257) 28 for similar incised vessels. Ex-Dr. Geoffrey Smith collection, San Diego CA. #GS406: $650 SOLD 
Athens, ancient Greece, c. 5th Century BC. An Attic black-figure miniature lekythos depicting a battle scene! The three figures fully armed and engaged with weapons drawn. An attractive little vessel with vertical tongues around the shoulder and solid black above the foot, on the spout and handle. H: 3 3/4" (9.6cm). Ex German private collection, acquired in the early 1980's #AG2131: $575 SOLD 
Ancient Greece. Magnia Graecia, 4th Century BC. A nice small Greek black-ware bowl. Nice form with wide mouth and small round foot. Dia: 2 15/16" (74 mm). Intact. Collected by Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Gaefe in the 1950's while establishing NATO bases in Turkey and Greece. From the estate of Retired LTC Wilton Gaefe, who retired from the military in 1962. #AG2101: $199 SOLD 
Etruscan, c. 6th Century BC. Etrusco-Corinthian alabastron (made by Etruscans in Corinthian style). The body is decorated with horizontal bands in dark slip, vertical tongues around the shoulder and the rim. 3 5/8" (9.2 cm). Nice color, light deposits. Losses to handle and edge of rim. De-Accessioned from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art via a sale, c. 1970 Ex R. Fletcher collection, Taos, NM. #AG2122: $399 SOLD 
Ancient Cypriot, c. 1550-1200 BC . Great tall single-handled base ring flask. With graceful form, small flared lip and high-arching handle. Small ring foot.. Small raised veryical linear design on front. H: 115 mm (4 1/2"). Found during the Hebrew Union College Biblical and Archaeological School's 1970 excavations at Gezer, Israel. ex-Asheville, NC collection. #AH2139: $325 SOLD 
A lovely Greek black-glazed olpe, Apulia, 4th Century BC, the ovoid body with ring foot and pouring spout set to the side, strap handle at back. A well-preserved and interesting type with pouring spout set off to the side instead of the front. H: 4" (10.1 cm). Intact with lovely dark brown color, light earthen deposits. ex-John Rilling collection, Orange County, CA. Mr. Rilling died in 2008, stopped collecting in the 1990's. Mr. Rilling selected the items for his collection carefully, acquiring them bit by bit from major auction houses in the US and the UK. #AG2153: $325 SOLD 
Ancient Greek South Italy, c. 3rd-1st century BC. Nice large terracotta architectural relief fragment, depicting a palmette over an arch. H: 4", W: 2 7/8". Ex New York private collection. Very interesting and rare! #AG2161: $150 SOLD 
Ancient Etruscan-Greek! c. 7th Century BC. Etrusco-Corinthian ceramic aryballos. The vessel of elegant form and decorated with horizontal bands in purplish-brown on orange slip, tongues around the shoulder. H: 3 3/8" (8.7cm). Light deposits and includes decorative brass stand. Ex collection of William Major Tedder. #AG2158: $325 SOLD 
Hellenistic Greek, c. 3rd-2nd century BC. Ceramic bottle, found in the Holy Land! With rounded body, tall neck and flared rim. H: 8.5 mm (3 1/4"). Gray surfaces with heavy earthen deposits. Acquired from a New York estate, purchased at auction in 1970. More photos available upon request. #AG2173: $199 SOLD
Hellenistic Greek, c. 3rd-2nd century BC. Small ceramic bottle, found in the Holy Land! With rounded body, short neck and flared rim. H: 5.4 cm (2 1/8"). Nice reddish color with light earthen deposits. Acquired from a New York estate, purchased at auction in 1970. #AG2175: $150 SOLD
Hellenistic Greek, c. 3rd-2nd century BC. Ceramic bottle, found in the Holy Land! With rounded body, tall neck and flared rim. H: 8.6 cm (3 3/8"). Tan surfaces with traces of original brown/black slip, light earthen deposits. Acquired from a New York estate, purchased at auction in 1970. #AG2174: $199 SOLD
Ancient Greek. Magna Graecia, c. 4th Century BC. Nice Greek black-ware salt cellar bowl. With a deep bowl, flared foot, and slightly turned in rim. The surface is smooth and glossy, light mineral deposits. W: 3 1/8" (79 mm), H: 1 5/16" (34 mm). Ex Jeff Sahidi collection. Very attractive little piece! #AG2166: $299 SOLD
Ancient Greek. Hellenistic, c. 3rd - 2nd Century BC. Nice Hellenistic orange-slipped olpe. The rounded body with disk foot, flared mouth and single strap handle. 3 1/2 x 3 1/8 in (9.5 x 7.8 cm). Light surface deposits. Ex collection of Dr. Howard Sirak, Columbus, OH. #AG2220: $375 SOLD
Ancient Greece, c. 4th Century BC. Large Greek black-glazed footed cup. The shallow bowl with wide rim and ring foot, a single loop handle at side. H: 2" (5cm), D: 5 3/4" (14.7cm). Mounted on a large base (entire piece stands 3 1/8" tall). Ex Florida private collection. Fantastic display piece! #AG2228: $399 SOLD
Ancient Greek, c. 4th-3rd century BC. Gorgeous terracotta drinking cup. With shallow bowl with single loop handle, decorated with bands of red-orange slip around the inside and outside. Great color with heavy mineral deposits. L: 4 5/8" H: 1 1/4". Ex-collection of Howard Sirak, Columbus, Ohio. Could be professionally cleaned to reveal some stunning color! #AG2165: $299 SOLD
Ancient Greek, c. 5th - 4th Century BC. A very nice Daunian painted chalice, with attractive geometric decoration and a pair of holes near the rim for suspension. H: 3 3/4" (9.7cm). A nice example with light deposits. Ex collection of Howard Sirak, Columbus, OH. #AG2242: $650 SOLD
Hellenistic Greek, c. 3rd-2nd century BC. Ceramic bottle, found in Judaea! With rounded body, tall neck and flared rim. Off-white color with traces of original orange and brown slip. H: 10.3 cm (4 inches). Very old inked tag on base reads "Judaea, Hellenistic Period C. 330 BC". Acquired from a New York estate, purchased at auction in 1970. #AG2176: $225 SOLD
Ancient Greece, 4th Century BC. Nice and large Greek black glazed skyphos (drinking cup). With deep bowl and two characteristic horizontal loop handles, the bottom painted with concentric black bands. One handle repaired. H: 3 7/8 in (9.8cm), W: 7 4/8 (19.5 cm). A handsome example of an ancient Greek drinking cup! Ex collection of Prof. Alan Pasch, Maryland. #AG2167: $350 SOLD
Ancient Greek. Corinthian, c. 600 - 550 BC. Nice Corinthian aryballos. With a large quatrefoil design in dark brown slip, banding around the top of the rim. H: 2 1/2 in (6.4 cm). Repaired from pieces, with light earthen deposits. Ex London, UK private collection acquired in the 1970's-80's. Nice surfaces, unfortunately a horrible, grainy photo. #AG2234: $150 SOLD
Ancient Greece. Hellenistic period, c. 3rd - 1st Century BC. A nice little Hellenistic juglet. The piriform body with flattened foot and cylindrical neck with flared mouth, likely a cosmetic or medicinal vessel. H: 2 1/8 in (5.5 cm). Light deposits. Ex-Southern California private collection. #AG2215: $150 SOLD
Ancient Greece, c. 4th Century BC. Nice small Greek ceramic cellar (small dish). Red-orange slipped surface, with small ring foot, nicely preserved. Dia: 1 7/8" (4.7 cm). Ex New York private collection of an archaeologist, acquired in the 1960's. Beautiful little piece! #AG2257: $125 SOLD
Ancient Greece, c. 4th Century BC. Nice small Greek ceramic cellar (small dish). Black-glazed, with small ring foot, nicely preserved. Dia: 1 3/4" (4.3 cm). Ex New York private collection of an archaeologist, acquired in the 1960's. #AG2258: $99 SOLD
Ancient Greece, c. 4th Century BC. Nice small Greek ceramic cellar (small dish). Black-glazed, with small ring foot, nicely preserved. Dia: 3 inches (7.5 cm). Ex New York private collection of an archaeologist, acquired in the 1960's. #AG2254: $175 SOLD
Ancient Greek, c. 4th-3rd century BC. Gorgeous terracotta drinking cup. With shallow bowl with single loop handle, decorated with bands of red-orange slip around the inside and outside. Great color with light mineral deposits. L: 4 3/16" H: 1 1/4". Ex-collection of Howard Sirak, Columbus, Ohio. #AG2164: $399 SOLD
Ancient Rhodes, Greece, c. 3rd-2nd century BC. Fantastic large terracotta amphora handle, stamped with the name of the merchant whose goods it once contained! Within the inscription is the budding rose, the symbol of the city. Measures 9.5 x 6 mm (4 3/4" x 2 1/4"), thick and chunky! #AG2197: $299 SOLD
The Surprise Message on a Priceless Ancient Artifact
Just because scholars have analyzed ancient Greek pottery for centuries doesn’t mean they’ve uncovered all their secrets.
A researcher announced Thursday the discovery of hidden messages in some artifacts that casts new light on the creative process behind some of the most important art in history.
Mario Iozzo, the director of the National Archaeological Museum in Florence, revealed details of a study that has led him to re-examine hundreds of items. He spoke to an audience of scholars Thursday at a specially arranged lecture in the Vatican Museums.
The path to Thursday’s announcement began almost two years ago as Dr. Iozzo was inspecting a kylix, an ancient Greek cup with handles for drinking wine. It is part of the collection of the Gregorian Etruscan Museum in the Vatican. Painted in a style known as Red-figure and dating from around 470 B.C., the main design on the cup is of Oedipus listening to the riddle of the Sphinx of Thebes. On the underside of the kylix is another mythological scene depicting satyrs.
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Decoration [ edit ]
After the kylikes were formed, an artisan drew a depiction of an event from Greek mythology or everyday life with a diluted glaze Δ] on the outer surface of the formation.
Inside the drinking bowl was often a portrait of dancing and/or festive drinking. ΐ] Unique compositional skills were necessary for the artisans to attain due to the lack of verticals and horizontals on the surface. Onesimos, Makron, and Douris were famous painters in this field, renowned for their works. Ε]
The Mount Clemens Era
In 1967, the Mount Clemens Pottery Company purchased the Nelson McCoy pottery, and it became a subsidiary of Mount Clemens. The first marks used by the new owners did not include the name “McCoy”, even though the name of the pottery was not changed. Given below are the most prominent of the marks first used by Mount Clemens during 1967.
In 1968, the pottery changed the design of the mark in recognition of the value of using the name “McCoy” on the pottery products. Besides the two following examples, as always, there are other marks with slight variations.
The Nelson McCoy pottery operated as a subsidiary of the Mount Clemens pottery for about six years.
Peithinos Painter- Peithinos Cup
By Casey Hoke | August 7, 2017
Featured Artwork: Peithinos Cup
Date and Location: (525-475 BCE) Athens, Greece
Significance to Queer Art History: This cup is a kylix vessel, used for male centered social drinking of wine. Most kylix vessels had sexual or humorous depictions of individuals on the inside (a surprise for finishing the drink, if you will) and outsides. This kylix vessel, signed by the painter, Peithinos, shows heterosexual and homosexual courtship on the 
exterior.
Where can I see this artwork?: Currently in the Antikenmuseen’s Collection in Berlin, Germany.
Resources & Further Reading:
�, Berlin, Antikensammlung, Berlin, Schloss Charlottenburg, F2279.” Provenance – The Classical Art Research Centre. Accessed August 08, 2017. http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/recordDetails.asp?id=5C03CFDF-D841-432A-8B2C-FAAD6697E456&noResults=&recordCount=&databaseID=&search=.
Saslow, James M. Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts. New York, NY: Viking, 2000. 21-27.
Pottery: Greek Kylix with Strigil Athlete
A photograph shows a Greek red-figure kylix on display. The bottom of the cup bears an illustration of a nude Greek athlete scraping his arm with a strigil.
Information
This Greek kylix painting depicts an athlete cleaning himself with a strigil. These tools would be used to scrape foreign substances off the skin, typically before bathing. In Greek culture, athletes would coat themselves with olive oil, which would mingle with sweat and dirt during training. (Palé wrestlers would even purposefully throw dust on their anointed skin for increased grip.) They would use these strigils to scrape off this substance, which would sometimes be saved and congealed for use as a medical salve.
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Dionysus Cup by Exekіas
The Dionysus Cup is the modern name for one of the best known works of ancient Greek vase painting, a kylix (drinking cup) dating to 540–530 BC. It is one of the masterpieces of the Attic Black-figure potter Exekias and one of the most significant works in the Staatliche Antikensammlungen in Munich.
The cup is 13.6 cm high and has a diameter of 30.5 cm. It is complete and composed of only a few large sherds. The inside image, the tondo, takes up almost the entire interior of the cup. In the centre, a sailing ship is depicted, travelling from right to left. The prow of the ship is decorated like an animal's head, while the rudder is clearly discernable at the rear. Within the ship is a well over life sized figure, the god Dionysus. The sail, unlike the rest of the image, is painted white, a common stylistic element in the black figure style. Vines grow from the mast, with three large clusters of grapes on the right and four on the left. Dolphins swim below the ship—two towards the right, three towards the left—and a further dolphin is found on the right and the left hand sides of it. Although this is not realistic perspective, it could indicate that the dolphins are swimming around the ship. Like the vine, dolphins are symbols of Dionysos. In addition to this broad outline of the image, there are many detailed features. Two small dolphins are incised on the side of the ship. The long-haired, bearded god wears an ivy crown and holds a cornucopia in his hand. His tunic bears a fine pattern. On the outside, around each of the handles, six warriors stand over a corpse. The space between the handles is decorated with a stylised face with large eyes and a small nose.
Two meanings have been suggested for the interior image. Most common is the suggestion that is a reference to the seventh Homeric Hymn, in which it is explained how Dionysus was kidnapped by Etruscan pirates, who were unaware of his identity. The god confuses their thoughts and causes them to jump into the water, where they transform into dolphins. A second possibility is that the arrival of Dionysus at the Athenian Anthesteria is depicted. The images around the handles probably depict the battles for the corpses of Patroclus and Achilles, with the naked corpse being Patroclus.
The cup shows numerous technical innovations. As potter, Exekias took older forms and reshaped them into a completely new one. This form, the so-called Cup type A with a thicker foot, a ring around the stem, and a deep, broad bowl, would quickly become the dominant form. The "eye-cup" motif was originally introduced by Exekias, possibly with this piece. Later on the nose in between the eyes grew rarer. The decoration around the handles was similarly new, but unlike the other innovations it did not catch on. Neither did the tondo nearly completely filling the inside of the cup, which was notably imitated later on by the Penthesilea Painter, but is otherwise rather uncommon. Hitherto it had been common in general for the interior of a cup to be decorated with a small tondo depicting a gorgoneion. Also new, but only employed experimentally for a few years and then only rarely was the technique of Intentional Red, in which the background was made an intense, dark red clay. For this too, the cup is the earliest example. Inside of the cup, the decoration has no horizon line or specific orientation other than the ship and the grapes.
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Kylix Depicting a Potter - History
K nown for their hospitality, festivities and merrymaking, the Ancient Greeks loved themselves a nice kylix of wine. Characterized by its shallow bowl-like body, horizontal handles, short stem and artwork, this ceramic cup was the most common type of stemware in Ancient Greece, followed by the kantharos , a narrower, deeper cup featuring high vertical handles. Dissecting the kylix, one will note that the nearly flat interior part of the bowl was decorated with classic black or red figure paintings characteristic of the pottery art of the times.
The kylix was created for use at symposiums where men would often drink in a reclined position, and were often decorated with humorous or sexual in nature scenes featuring gods and satyrs, events, and details from daily life. The shape of the kylix also allowed its holder to engage in competitions of kottabos , a game popular in the 5th and 4th centuries BC where wine lees were flung at targets.
Needless to say, the kylix was an object synonymous with partying and fun, and constitutes some of the most well preserved ancient artifacts today, whether in whole or in fragments, depicting the lives and faces of the Ancient Greeks. A famous piece is that of the Apollo kylix , one that is on display at the Archaeological Museum of Delphi.
