Ancient pottery / Vase painting (106 Subjects)
View of the front of the roman tomb of Zakynthos, erroneously thought to be the Tomb of Cicero. Vases from the monument.
An amphora, probably of the Hellenistic era, found in the city Antium (today Anzio), in Italy. Inscription found in the interior of the vase.
View of the front of the roman tomb of Zakynthos, erroneously perceived as the Tomb of Cicero. Vases from the monument.
Relief showing a scene from the myth of Proserpina, Roman deity equivalent to Greek Persephone. Archaelogical findings from Sicily.
Frontispiece. Scene from ancient vase: Orestes and Electra offer a Libation at the tomb of Agamemnon.
Figure from Athenian red-figure vase, holding trefoil shoot. According to tradition, the curling stem of a species of trefoil cpmmon in Greece gave inspiration to the volute seen in Ionic capitals.
Figure from Athenian red-figure vase with trefoil plant. According to tradition, the curling stem of a species of trefoil cpmmon in Greece gave inspiration to the volute seen in Ionic capitals.
Dance scenes from ancient Greek vases and reliefs 6. Greek dancer from Epirus in traditional costume (from the edition by J. H. Hobhouse, 1813).
