Greek Vases | Oinoche Vases

Greek Vases | Oinoche Vases

Oinoche Vases

Greek Vase based on historical archives of pattern and scene designs from Ancient Minoan times. A very fine ancient Greek pottery Oinoche Vases(pouring vessel). Decorated in black-figure technique with added white pigment with a single panel depicting the seated Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and fertility offering a situla of his favorite beverage to an also seated Ariadne.

Skyphos Vases

Skyphos Vases is a reproduction of a Greco-Roman cup probably from one of the archaeological finds in Italy and made after 1815 but before 1870. These reproductions were made as tourist items for those on the grand tour.The shape of vase may be referred to as a skyphos  or a kotyle. These deep drinking cups were used at banquets or drinking parties, called symposia in Greek.

Bizoutira Vases

Bizoutira Vases is a fossilized tree resin that has achieved a stable state through the loss of volatile constituents and chemical change inside the ground. Bizoutira Vases is one of several quartz varieties, popular for its colour and nice crystals shapes. It occurs in a light slightly-pinkish violet to a deep grape purple. It can be transparent to translucent.

Fontaniera Vases

We feature some of the finest Fontaniera Vases from the UK’s most established Vase Manufacturers and Retailers. Each Vase is handpicked to feature in this store and is individually reviewed by our one of our Vase specialists. Whether you wish to place wildflowers in your kitchen, or accent your window sills or coffee tables, you're sure to be delighted by these fantastic Fontaniera Vases, ceramic vases, crystal vases, blown glass vases and art glass vases.

Greek Vases | Kantharos Vases

Kantharos Vases

                

The Kantharos Vases have no hallmark or maker's mark to indicate their origin and bear only a later fineness mark .Anyway we are in the presence of beautiful artifacts, crafted by a highly skilled silversmith.

Pyxis Vases

The Pyxis Vases was a shallow and circular lidded receptacle used by women for cosmetics and jewelry. The knob usually found on the lid is replaced here by a remarkable sculpted group, apparently representing a quadriga. Pyxis Vases with figurative decoration, in the

second half of the eighth century BC Late Geometric pottery also produced smaller vases decorated with abstract designs, such as this pyxis.

Hydria Vases

Greek Hydria Vases attic black-figure hydria by the Ready Painter. Nude youth putting on greaves, before him a woman who holds his shield and spear. On either side of them is a draped youth and a nude youth with spear.

Aryballos Vases

These Aryballos Vases were made in Corinth between the late 8th and 7th centuries (720-630 BC). They were mostly Aryballos Vases, different types of aryballoi, and, later, alabastra. These vases were widely circulated in the Greek world because of their small

size, making them easy to transport, cheap, and also convenient for exporting perfumes.

Greek Vases | Lebes Vases

Lebes Vases

A lebes is a deep bowl, usually handleless and with a low neck. The shape is one of the oldest in Athenian black-figure, and continues to be made into the fifth-century. Lebes Vases are also preserved in metal, and the shape can be incorporated into a tripod. There are many references to lebetes as prizes.

Lekythos Vases

A lekythos is a type of Greek pottery used for storing oil (Greek λήκυθος), especially olive oil. It has a narrow body and one handle attached to the neck of the vessel. The Lekythos Vases was used for anointing dead bodies of unmarried men and many lekythoi are found in tombs.

Loutroforos Vases  

Museum replicas have the largest selection of Loutroforos Vases. Each vase is a replica of an actual historic vessel from a museum or other collection. Our vases are NOT fastly made kitsch replicas, nor are they cheaply made of substitute materials such as

resin.

Psykter Vases

The word psykter means "cooler," and it was used for cooling wine, The Psykter Vases was placed in a krater which had been filled with cooled water, and the cooling liquid would surround the psykter and cool the wine.