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2. David Vases - Wikipedia

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   [2] [8] On the neck are two elephant heads forming two handles. Originally, the vases had porcelain rings suspended from the handles. [4] There are a few small differences in decorations between the two vases, for example, the mouth of the dragon is closed in one but open in the other. [2]

3. Ding (vessel) - Wikipedia

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   [2] This theory suggests that because there was a change in decor as well as the types and variations of vessels found in tombs, their function shifted from solely religious to a more secular one. Instead of sacrificing food to appease ancestors, the Zhou used ding to show off the status of the deceased to both the living and spirits. [7]

4. Caeretan hydria - Wikipedia

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   The hydriai have a height of 40 to 45 cm. Attached to the body are off-set widely swaying necks; the body itself features broad shoulders. Low ring-bases shaped like upturned chalices are attached at the bottom. The technical quality of the vases is rather low. Many are warped or show signs of bad firing.

5. Chinese ritual bronzes - Wikipedia

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   Tall bowl with a long handle. Móu (鍪): A vase with two handles. Vessels of this type are classed as hú (壺) in the Xiqing gujian. Píng (瓶): Tall vase with a long slender neck opening up to a narrow mouth. Pǒu (瓿, pronounced bù in China): A small bronze wèng (甕).

6. Black-figure pottery - Wikipedia

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   Between 425 and 350 BC Kabeiric vases were the main black-figure style in Boeotia. In most cases this was a hybrid form between a kantharos and a skyphos with a deep bowl and vertical ring handles, but there were also lebes, cups and pyxides. They are named after the primary place where they were found, the Sanctuary of the Kabeiroi near Thebes.

7. Pottery of ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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   At Athens researchers have found the earliest known examples of vase painters signing their work, the first being a dinos by Sophilos (illus. below, BM, c. 580), this perhaps indicative of their increasing ambition as artists in producing the monumental work demanded as grave markers, as for example with Kleitias's François Vase.