Ancient Design

Black-glazed open oil lamp with loop handle, after a Greek Attic original of the later 5th century BCE from the Athenian Agora. In ancient Athens, ...

Black-Glazed Pyxis with Lid — based on Attic prototype of the mid-5th century BCE. In his gallery’s landmark exhibition on black-glaze pottery, Jam...

Geometric-inspired bird-shaped plate from Eretria, late 8th century BCE This hand-built, bird-shaped small serving plate draws its form from a dist...

Black-Glaze Cylindrical Pyxis A refined cylindrical pyxis, a genuinely executed form based on similar black-glazed utensils of Classical Athenian p...

Black-glazed neck-amphora of the Nikosthenic type, ca. 525–520 BCE, decorated in the Six-Technique. On the neck (sides A and B): a nude woman weari...

Stemmed Boeotian Kantharos – Black Glaze, mid 5th cent. BCE This elegant stemmed kantharos, hand-thrown in fine Attic-style terracotta and coated w...

Black glazed perfume oil-flask based on Attic aryballoi of the early 5th cent BCE (ca 510 BCE). An aryballos (Greek: ἀρύβαλλος; plural aryballoi) w...

Black glazed Hellenistic kantharos -'West Slope' style, 3rd cent BC, plain The modern term West Slope pottery describes a type of Greek fine potter...

Black glazed Hellenistic kantharos -'West Slope' style, 3rd cent BC, ribbed decoration The modern term West Slope pottery describes a type of Greek...

Black glazed Calyx Krater, 4th cent. BCE A krater or crater (Greek: κρατήρ, kratēr, literally "mixing vessel") was a large vase in Ancient Greece, ...

Black glaze neck-amphora of the Nikosthenic type, ca. 525-520 BCE. Based on an Attic prototype found in Cerveteri, Etruria from the Louvre Museum C...

Black glazed ribbed mesomphalos phiale AA, 500-480 BCE H: 6,5cm, maxL: 16,5 cm

Black-glazed bowl on stand with small cups attached around the rim.Hollow, flaring base; handles attached horizontally and bent inward over the rim...

H: 3,5.cm, maxL: 20,5cm

H:5cm, maxL: 21cm

Black glazed oil- lamp, based on an original from the ancient mine galleries mid 5th cent BCE.  Oil lamps and torches constituted the primary sourc...

Black glazed oil- lamp, reproduction of an original from the ancient mine galleries mid 5th cent BCE.  Our collection of oil lamps draws inspiratio...

Black glaze one-handle dish, Attic, ca. 375–350 BCE.  A shallow black-glazed bowl with a single horizontal handle and a low ring foot, based on a c...

Black glazed ribbed mug based on an original from the Athens Agora collection (object P 23849). Pheidias' shape, ca. 420 BCE. Double handle, with r...

Black glazed ribbed mug based on an original from the Athens Agora collection (object P 24155). Pheidias shape, late 5th c. BCE Double handle, with...

Black glazed Boeotian kantharos, mid 5th cent. BCE A drinking vessel featuring distinctive arched band handles and a slightly elevated lip above th...

Black-glazed skyphos – Attic type, ca. 470–460 BCE Based on a Classical prototype from the Athenian Agora, this deep two-handled drinking cup combi...

Attic black-glazed mug, ca. 500–480 BCE. A substantial one-handled drinking vessel with a deep, tulip-like body, rising from a broad projecting foo...

Black-glazed one-handled skyphos with offset lip, based on an Athenian Agora prototype of ca. 500–480 BCE. Tall and generously proportioned, the ve...