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Greek, Eastern Mediterranean late 6th–5th century BCE Bronze handles of a volute-krater
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kylix (drinking cup) Greek, Attic 500–480 BCE Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater
Discover the mythological scenes and innovative decoration of an exceptional drinking cup made in Athens during the late sixth century BC.
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statuette of a youth seated on a rock Greek, Boeotian ca. 300 BC Terracotta bell-krater
This study collection of more than 16,000 fragments of Greek vases has been digitized and is accessible on The Met’s website.
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BCE–1st century CE Terracotta cup Roman 1st century BCE–1st century CE Volute-krater
Greek artists rapidly assimilated foreign styles and motifs into new portrayals of their own myths and customs, thereby forging the foundations of Archaic and Classical Greek art.
eagle’s head Greek, Rhodian ca. late 7th–early 6th century BCE Terracotta volute-krater
Known as hoplites, these [foot] soldiers were characteristically equipped with about seventy pounds of armor, most of which was made of bronze.
BCE Terracotta amphora (jar) Lysippides Painter ca. 530 BCE Terracotta volute-krater
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a branch Greek, Laconian 6th–5th century BCE Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater
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
