A pendant to the official cults of the Greeks and Romans, mystery cults served more personal, individualistic attitudes toward death and the afterlife.
hydria: kalpis (water jar) Villa Giulia Painter ca. 460–450 BCE Terracotta bell-krater
In depicting details of the distinctive modes of ancient Greek attire, subsequent artists and designers have changed, as much as preserved, the actual qualities of ancient garb.
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) Phiale Painter ca. 440 BCE Terracotta bell-krater
The richness and fame of the Cesnola Collection also did much to establish the Museum’s reputation as a major repository of classical antiquities and put it on a par with the foremost museums in Europe, whose collections had largely been formed at an earlier date.
zoomorphic askos (vessel) with antlers Cypriot ca. 1725–1600 BCE Terracotta chariot krater
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flask) Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Gnathian ca. 340–320 BCE Terracotta volute-krater
Geometric Greece experienced a cultural revival of its historical past through epic poetry and the visual arts.
Terracotta krater Hirschfeld Workshop ca. 750–735 BCE Bronze horse Greek, Corinthian
stamnos (jar) Attributed to the Menelaos Painter ca. 450 BCE Terracotta bell-krater
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Terracotta loutrophoros (ceremonial vase for water) late 6th century BCE Terracotta krater
Richter, Gisela M. A. and Lindsley F. Hall. 1936. Red-Figured Athenian Vases in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 81, pp. 111–12, pls. 83, 84, 173, New Haven: Yale University Press.Richter, Gisela M
loutrophoros (ceremonial vase for water) late 6th century BCE Terracotta column-krater
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