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Ancient pottery / Vase painting (106 Subjects)

Greek vases--Early classical period.

Gold cups found by Dr. Schliemann in tombs of Mykenae.

Reconstruction of ancient Sparta.

Vase from the necropoleis of ancient Cassope.

Decorative features from the Acropolis of Athens.

Lamp with Ganymedes, taken to Britain by the author.

Black-figure and red-figure vases from Athens.

Golden vessels discovered by Heinrich Schliemann at the grave sites of Mycenae acropolis (reconstructed view).

Terracotta vases discovered by Luigi Palma di Cesnola in Cyprus in the mid-19th century (c.1865–1877).

Imaginary reconstruction of ancient Sparta.

Scene from ancient vase showing teacher and pupil at school.

Drawing of woman playing the flute (possibly a courtesan), from ancient vase.

Young women playing on the swing (imaginary representation).

Tanagra figurines.

Tanagra statuette.

Tanagra statuette of barber and customer.

Self-care implements: Perfume vases, brush, fans and mirror.

Fictional representation of gynaeconites (female quarters) of affluent house, possibly of a hetaera, showing typical morning activities.

Wedding preparations of Cassandra and Bellerophontes, from ancient vase.

Women doing household tasks, from ancient vase.

Atrium of an ancient Greek house, with the statue of Hestia.

Greek women doing household tasks.

Reception of guest in a home, from ancient Greek vase.

Banquet with courtesans.

Receptacles to store and serve wine: Craters and oinochoes.

Cups to drink wine from: Skyphoi and rhyta.

Acrobats performing handstand stunts, from ancient vases.

Scene from the Symposium of Plato, after the painting by Anselm Feuerbach.

Imaginary reconstruction of the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos and adjacent area, Athens.

Imaginary reconstruction of the Agora of ancient Athens.