Vessels

RED-FRINGED HYDRIA. IN THE FRONT, THE FIGURE OF A WOMAN LARGELY MODERN RESTORATION. BOUGHT AT ATHENS

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Terracotta

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Related Artworks

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Round-bottom Jar with Abstract Decor

Unknown Artist, mid 6th century

Kaya-type ware: gray stoneware with combed and openwork decoration and with considerable natural ash glaze. Reportedly recovered from the Tomb of the Generals in Yangji-ri, Hyŏnp'ung-myŏn, Talsŏng-gun, near Kyŏngju, North Kyŏngsang province in 1960.

6th centuryKorean

Vessels

Arretine Bowl (reproduction)

Unknown Artist

Plaster

Vessels

UNCARVED RHINOCEROS HORN

Unknown Artist, 17th century

Horn

17th centuryChinese

Vessels

Shouldered Beaker from the fire chamber of kiln W3 at Nuzi, Stratum VII

Unknown Artist, c. 1500 BCE

Terracotta

2nd millennium BCEHurrian

Vessels

Jade Covered Vessel with Ring-Mask Handles

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Pale greenish white nephrite

18th centuryChinese

Vessels

Jade Octagonal Dish with Decoration of the Peach of Immortality Surrounded by Cranes Bearing the Eight Auspicious Emblems

Unknown Artist, early 19th century

Pale greenish white nephrite

19th centuryChinese

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Fragmentary Black-figure Alabastron: Musical Contests

Unknown Artist, 520-480 BCE

Terracotta

6th-5th century BCEGreek

Vessels

Circular, Covered Cosmetic Box, the Cover with Blossoming Peony Decor, the Interior with Three Small Circular Containers in the Form of Lotus Leaves, Their Stems Held by a Small Child

Unknown Artist, 12th-13th century

'Qingbai' ware: porcelain with pale bluish glaze over incised and carved decoration, the interior with appliqué containers, stylized sculpture, and leaf stems, the appliqué elements touched with iron-brown slip to add areas of localized color in firing. Probably from a kiln in Fujian province.

12th-13th centuryChinese