Greek - Ancient Pottery for Sale
Although some ancient Greek pottery was intended for decoration or for presentation, the majority was made for everyday use, mainly in the preparation and serving of food and drink, or for the bath, and can be divided in four broad categories - storage and transport vessels, mixing vessels, jugs and cups and vases for oils, perfumes and cosmetics.
Most surviving Greek pottery consists of drinking vessels such as amphorae, kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water), hydria (water jars), libation bowls, jugs and cups. Miniatures were also produced in large numbers, mainly for use as offerings at temples.
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Monumental Greek Terracotta Idol - Rhodes
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Archaic Greek terracotta of a seated figure, most likely manufactured in Rhodes, ca. 600 - 480 B.C. Pottery goddess, with slipped finish, she is shown seated upon a...
$4,995.00
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Cypriot Redware "Target" Jug
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From Greek Cyprus, red-ware target jug, dating to the Iron Age, ca. 7th to 6th centuries B.C. Small, bulbous vessel with round handle and flaring rim, decorated with black...
$595.00
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Greek Apulian Sprinkler Vessel
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Stunning example of Greek Gnathian Pottery and one of the finest we have seen! Greek from the colony of Apulia, in the Gnathian style - for potteries found near present day...
$1,795.00
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Greek Pottery Skyphos
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From Magna Graecia, most likely from the Greek colony of Apulia, Gnathian, Ca 325 BC, low profile Skyphos in blackware, decorated on the primary side with single grape vine pattern, other side with simple white linear decoration. Nice simple example with a much lower profile than one normally sees. Measures x by x...
$895.00
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Greek Apulian Pottery Guttos
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Rare scene! Magna Graecia - Campania or Apulia in southern Italy, ca. 325 BC. Black glazed pottery vesel with rounded body, long neck and rounded handle. Stamped center is...
$1,295.00
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Greek Corinthian Black-Figure Amphora
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From ancient Greece, Corinth, ca. 6th century BC and very rare to find black-figure pottery from this region. Black-figure pottery vessel decorated on each side with bird...
$5,950.00
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Tall Cypriot Black-on-Red Jug
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Unusual form! From ancient Cyprus, from the Iron Age - Ca 750 to 600 BC. Tall, spindle-form vessel with flared rim, small loop handle, decorated with concentric bands of...
$695.00
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The painted decoration of ancient Greek pottery has become the primary source of information about the development of Greek pictorial art. Made in a variety of sizes and shapes, according to its intended use - large vessels were used for storage and transportation of liquids (wine, olive oil, water), while smaller pots were used for perfumes and unguents. The earliest style, known as the Geometric style (ca. 1000 – 700 B.C.), features geometric patterns and, eventually, narrative scenes with stylized figures. From the late 8th to the early 7th century, a growing Eastern influence resulted in the “Orientalizing” of motifs (e.g., sphinx, griffin), notably in pieces made in Corinth (ca. 700 B.C.), where painters developed black-figure vases. Athenians adopted both the black-figure and red-figure style, and became the dominant manufacturers of Greek pottery. By the 4th century the figured decoration of pottery had declined, and by the end of the century it had died out in Athens.
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