User:ArchaiOptix/Ancient Greek plastic pottery aryballoi and alabastra in the orientalizing, archaic and classical period

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Dear visitor,
welcome to this partition of my picture gallery.
For my picture galleries about other object categories of ancient art please turn to my general user page (link on the top of this page).

Old Satyr Marsyas with ivy wreath

About me:
I am teaching Classics (Ancient Greek and Latin), Theology, modern Greek and Italian. I am particularly interested in Archaeology and History of Ancient Art. One of my other hobbies is photography. Combining these two hobbies I take lots of pictures in museums and archaeological sites and catalogue the photos according to the scientific literature.

About this picture gallery:
Under the relevant categories (of museums and painting styles) and more systematically on this user page I share a selection of my photos of ancient art.
The site is under construction since January 2020.
I thank all directors of museums who permit photography of the exhibits for private, educational, scientific, non-commercial purposes, thus spreading the knowledge of their treasures in a wider public. I hope that my photos published on wikimedia commons act also as an incentive to visit these museums and admire the works of art directly. Therefore editing the photos I refrain from replacing the background, so that the objects can be seen as displayed in the museum. If you intend to use one of my photos for commercial aims, I would recommend you to contact the museum.


This gallery containes only clay pottery, plastic vases in faience and frit will be the subject matter of another subpage.

Cretan[edit]

painted in clay colours like black figure pottery[edit]

aryballos with relief applique[edit]

East Greek[edit]

painted in clay colours like black figure pottery[edit]

East Greek (Rhodian?) animal vases painted in subgeometric style (transition from rhyta / askoi to the standard plastic aryballoi)[edit]

female head with aryballos-mouth[edit]

female bust with aryballos-mouth[edit]

female bust holding auloi, with aryballos-mouth (one with handle)[edit]

helmeted head of warrior with aryballos-mouth[edit]

naked bust of young man with moustache wearing female jewellery, with aryballos-mouth[edit]

arm[edit]

leg[edit]

foot wearing sandal[edit]

aidoion (male genitalia)[edit]

head of Acheloos[edit]

bust of silen with aryballos-mouth[edit]

head / bust of Gorgo with aryballos-mouth[edit]

siren[edit]

bust / protome of monkey with aryballos-mouth[edit]

squatting monkey with aryballos-mouth[edit]

head of lion with aryballos-mouth on top[edit]

protome of bull[edit]

head of horse with aryballos-mouth on top[edit]

head of ram with aryballos-mouth[edit]

larger head of ram with aryballos-mouth at the neck segment[edit]

crouching (living) hare with aryballos-mouth[edit]

hanging (dead) hare (kill) with aryballos-mouth[edit]

toad with aryballos-mouth[edit]

swan with aryballos-mouth in front of the body[edit]

duck with aryballos-mouth on the back[edit]

duck with opening on top of the head[edit]

swallow with opening on top of the head[edit]

doves with aryballos-mouth on the top of back[edit]

cockle shell(s) with aryballos-mouth[edit]

pomegranate with aryballos-mouth[edit]

painted in polychrome matt colours on white slip like terracotta figurines[edit]

bust of young woman / kore (sometimes holding bird) with aryballos-mouth[edit]

standing young woman / kore (sometimes holding bird) with aryballos-mouth[edit]

seated young woman / kore with aryballos-mouth[edit]

alabastron, upper part as bust of kore with bird, with aryballos-mouth[edit]

kneeling naked youth with aryballos-mouth[edit]

kneeling naked bearded man with aryballos-mouth[edit]

seated grotesque naked fat man with aryballos-mouth[edit]

head of Herakles wearing lion-skin with aryballos-mouth[edit]

head of Pan with aryballos-mouth[edit]

squatting satyr with aryballos-mouth[edit]

head of Acheloos with aryballos-mouth[edit]

siren with aryballos-mouth[edit]

head of lion with aryballos-mouth[edit]

dog with aryballos-mouth[edit]

mule / donkey[edit]

head of ram with aryballos-mouth[edit]

ram, without and with aryballos-mouth[edit]

goat with aryballos-mouth[edit]

deer with aryballos-mouth[edit]

dolphin with aryballos-mouth[edit]

duck with aryballos-mouth[edit]

Corinthian[edit]

painted in clay colours like black figure pottery[edit]

standing draped female figure / kore[edit]

standing / walking male figure / satyr[edit]

kneeling male figure[edit]

squatting bearded male figure / komast / comic actor / daimon[edit]

At least some of these aryballoi could well be East Greek imitations

siren[edit]

sphinx[edit]

crouching lion[edit]

panther[edit]

pig / boar / sow[edit]

crouching ram[edit]

crouching (living) hare[edit]

hanging (dead) hare (kill) with aryballos-mouth[edit]

compare the East Greek and Etruscan pieces: the location of the workshop is disputed

hedgehog[edit]

owl[edit]

Attic[edit]

painted in clay colours like black figure pottery[edit]

kneeling young athlete[edit]

Boeotian[edit]

painted in clay colours like black figure pottery white on dark[edit]

ram[edit]

Etruscan[edit]

produced in Etruria by Greek immigrants and imitated by local potters

painted in clay colours like black figure pottery[edit]

human mask / head (gruppo a maschera umana)[edit]

figure with head of Acheloos (gruppo a maschera umana)[edit]

squatting monkey (gruppo a maschera umana)[edit]

boar[edit]

crouching deer / couchant doe[edit]

pointed aryballos ending in head of ram[edit]

crouching ram[edit]

hanging (dead) hare (kill) with aryballos-mouth[edit]

duck / swan[edit]