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  2. Portland Vase - Wikipedia

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    Registration. 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 ...

  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. Vase - Wikipedia

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    A vase ( / veɪs / or / vɑːz /) is an open container. It can be made from a number of materials, such as ceramics, glass, non- rusting metals, such as aluminium, brass, bronze, or stainless steel. Even wood has been used to make vases, either by using tree species that naturally resist rot, such as teak, or by applying a protective coating to ...

  5. Hydria - Wikipedia

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    Once a short cylinder was formed, the clay was then angled outward to form the lip of the hydria. [7] The lip was rounded with a sponge and the neck, mouth and lip were cut off the wheel and left to harden. [7] Similar to the neck amphora, the neck walls of the hydria were also tapered, starting thicker at the base and becoming thinner towards ...

  6. Pottery of ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    Pottery, due to its relative durability, comprises a large part of the archaeological record of ancient Greece, and since there is so much of it (over 100,000 painted vases are recorded in the Corpus vasorum antiquorum ), [ 1] it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of Greek society.

  7. Spill vase - Wikipedia

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    A spill vase, or spill holder is a small cylindrical vase or wall-hanging vase for containing splints, spills, and tapers for transferring fire, for example to light a candle or pipe from a lit fire. From the documentary record, they probably date back to the 15th century, though the heyday of specially made vases is the 19th century.

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