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  2. François Vase - Wikipedia

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    The François Vase, (or François Krater ), is a large Attic volute krater decorated in the black-figure style. It stands at 66 centimetres (26 in) in height and was inspired by earlier bronze vases. It was used for wine. A milestone in the development of ancient Greek pottery due to the drawing style used as well as the combination of related ...

  3. Typology of Greek vase shapes - Wikipedia

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    Further information: Ancient Greek vase painting. Greek pottery may be divided into four broad categories, given here with common types:[1] storage and transport vessels, including the amphora, pithos, pelike, hydria, stamnos, pyxis, mixing vessels, mainly for symposiaor male drinking parties, including the krater, dinos, and kyathos, jugs and ...

  4. Portland Vase - Wikipedia

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    GR 1945.9-27.1 (Gems 4036) The Portland Vase is a Roman cameo glass vase, which is dated to between AD 1 and AD 25, though low BC dates have some scholarly support. [ 1] It is the best known piece of Roman cameo glass and has served as an inspiration to many glass and porcelain makers from about the beginning of the 18th century onwards.

  5. Floral design - Wikipedia

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    An arrangement displayed at a church in Beer, United Kingdom. Floral design or flower arrangement is the art of using plant material and flowers to create an eye-catching and balanced composition or display. Evidence of refined floral design is found as far back as the culture of ancient Egypt. Floral designs, called arrangements, incorporate ...

  6. Medici Vase - Wikipedia

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    The Medici Vase on Display in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence. Etching by Stefano della Bella (1656); the young Grand Duke Cosimo III drawing the vase at the Villa Medici, Rome. The Medici Vase is a monumental marble bell-shaped krater sculpted in Athens in the second half of the 1st century AD as a garden ornament for the Roman market.

  7. Wedding Painter - Wikipedia

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    Wedding Painter. red-figure Spain private collection. name vase ca. Louvre. Wedding Painter is the conventional name for an ancient Greek vase painter active in Athens from circa 480 to 460 BC. He painted in the red-figure technique. His name vase is a pyxis in the Louvre depicting the wedding of Thetis and Peleus .

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