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Ancient Ceramic Vessels

A collection of historical jugs and amphorae, showcasing various ancient styles and materials, including terracotta and glass, used for storing liquids.

Funeral amphora, 7th-8th century, 18 in. (45.7 cm) (height), Hard grey ware, China, 7th-8th century
Funeral amphora, 7th-8th century, 18 in. (45.7 cm) (height), Hard grey ware, China, 7th-8th century
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Vasijas punicas.Museo arqueologico.Eivissa.Ibiza.Islas Pitiusas.Baleares.España.Collection of terracotta Harappa ceramics from the Indus Valley Civilisation at Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan. The Indus Valley Civilisation was a Bronze Age culture, (33001300 BCE; mature period 26001900 BCE) mainly in the north-western regions of South Asia, extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest IndiaKrung decorated with lilies, Archaeological Museum with most important finds of the Minoan culture, Heraklion, Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, EuropePrehistory, Italy, Iron Age. Villanovan culture. Decorated vases, 6th century b.C.CANTARO LLAMADO "BARTOLO"-BARRO BLANCO. Location: ALFARERIA. Vera. Almería. SPAIN.Lécitos griegos, 400-300 b.C., Ibiza and Formentera Archeological Museum, Patrimonio de la Humanidad «Ibiza, biodiversidad y cultura», Ibiza, Balearic...Near East. Sasanian era. Ewers. Bronze (brass); cast and engraved. Iraq. 8th-9th centuries. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.Keltische Vase Celtic vase, Museum of the Romanization, Calahorra, La Rioja , Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 22946382Fox Warrior Bottle 4th-6th century Moche This stirrup-spout bottle, crafted by people of the Moche culture on the North Coast of Peru, depicts an anthropomorphic fox with human attributes represented in three dimensions. The tridimensional top of the bottle can be interpreted either as a zoomorphized war club or as a fox warrior tying a mace-shaped headdress under its chin. A spray of fruits or tubers, perhaps peppers, is modeled on the top of the club. Clubs, lances, and helmet strings painted in red slip radiate from the neck of the vessel to circumference of the chamber. In both two and three dimensions, weapons, and the broader theme of warfare, are celebrated on this vessel. Foxes are often depicted as warriors in Moche art (Donnan and McClelland, 1999). (For other examples of fox warriors in the collection of the Met, see 63.226.6 and 82.1.29.) The role of foxes in Moche religion may derive from their behavior in the natural world. Foxes hunt and capture small prey, much as warriThe Portland Vase. Cameo glass, probably made in Rome About 15BC - AD 25. The Portland Vase is one of the finest surviving pieces Roman glass, and is named after the Duke of Portland who owned it from 1785 to 1945. It made of cameo glass a technique in which vessels and plaques, sometimes free-blown, sometimes cast, are created with two layers of glass. The outer layer (usually white) is carved away from the underlying dark layer (usually blue) to create decorative scenes and patterns.Antique glass 1898, Middle EastDouble vessel with pierced bases 1st millennium B.C. Iran. Double vessel with pierced bases 325705Pitcher, 19th century, Edwin Bennet; Artist: William Bennet, American, active 1849-1856, 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (14.6 x 14.0 x 11.4 cm), Glazed ceramic, United States, 19th centuryStoneware Jar. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 28.1 x 22.9 cm (11 1/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 15 1/2 High 11 1/2 Dia. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Annie B. Johnston.Hydria, 400-200 BC. Sicily, Italy. Ancient Greek Hydria (pitcher with three handles).Archaeological Museum, Lipari Town, Lipari, Lipari Islands, Aeolian Islands, Sicily, Italy, EuropeBOTELLA DE AGUA EN ARCILLA ROJA Y DIBUJOS BRUÑIDOS CON CANTOS DE RIO. Location: ALFARERIA. SALVATIERRA DE LOS BARROS. Badajoz. SPAIN.Storage Jar, 1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573). Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Tamba ware); diameter: 37 cm (14 9/16 in.); overall: 46.5 cm (18 5/16 in.). For centuries the Tokai region surrounding present-day Nagoya has been an especially fertile ceramic production center. One site was a group of kilns located west of Kyoto, in Tamba province. Nestled in a farming valley in the mountains behind the modern port of Kobe, Tamba required a regular supply of storage vessels and sturdy containers for distributing grain. This jar was formed in three sections, each fluted to the next and turned on a potter's wheel to scrape off excess material. Both interior and exterior walls were smoothed with a wooden or bamboo tool, leaving markings on the lower body and shoulder. The neck opening is small and wheel-turned, as is the neck, which bears fine lines and a matte-glazed surface. The lustrous green glaze that highlights the jar once trailed from the vessel's lip and clung to the entBird Effigy. Panama, Veraguas, 500-800 CE. Ceramics. Slip-painted ceramicTerracotta fragment of a volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) second quarter of the sixth century B.C. Greek, Attic Side A: draped male, on a block seat to right, with a staff; draped charioteer to right, with his shield, slung over his back, holding the reins and mounting the chariot; behind the horses, a dog, to left; draped male to left, seated on a folding stool, holding a staff; draped charioteer to right, with his shield slung over his back, holding the reins and mounting the chariot; behind the horses, a dog to left; draped male to left, seated on a folding stool, holding a staff; draped charioteer, with a shield on his back, mounting a chariot to right (most of which is not preserved); draped male to left, seated on a folding stool; Side B: at the far left, seated, draped male, to left, holding a staff; charioteer holding the reins of a chariot (most of this scene is not preserved); seated figure to left (not well preserved); traces of a charioteer and a chariot (notVessel in the shape of a peach. Culture: China. Dimensions: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm). Date: 18th-19th century.This pot was most likely used to serve tea, wine, or both. Its peachlike shape is an allusion to longevity and immortality, presumably virtues that seem more attainable when drinking wine or possibly strong tea. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Oinochoe ca. 500 B.C. Attributed to the Gela Painter. Oinochoe. Greek, Attic. ca. 500 B.C.. Terracotta; black-figure. Archaic. VasesR-VASO MONOCROMO-NEOLITICO. Location: MUSEO. Volos. GREECE.Painted Vase 360 B.C. CANTARO PARA AGUA - ARCILLA SEMI VIDRIADA-ARTE POPULAR. Location: ALFARERIA. JAEN. SPAIN.Jar with four birds. Culture: British, Southall, London. Dimensions: Overall (confirmed, irregular diameter): 8 5/16 × 6 × 6 1/8 in. (21.1 × 15.2 × 15.6 cm). Maker: R. W. Martin and Brothers (British, 1873-1915). Date: 1892.Determined that pottery vessels should be regarded as true works of art, avant-garde ceramicists in France in the last decades of the nineteenth century transformed their craft into an intellectual and emotional endeavor. The pioneers of this revival were Jean Carriès, Ernest Chaplet, Théodore Deck, and Auguste Delaherche. These revolutionary artist-potters embraced artisanal traditions while pursuing lost techniques through exhaustive experimentation. Reacting to what they viewed as an excessive and improper use of ornament, they celebrated the simplicity and sincerity of their medium, following the tenets of the Art Nouveau style taking place in Europe. Based on the principles of the British Arts and Crafts movement, Art Nouveau artists sought to reform the decorDecorated wares (Class D). Baked clay. Predynastic period, Naqada II-Protodynastic period (3700-3000 BC). Egyptian Museum of Turin. Italy.Garden Pot, 19th Century. Italy, 19th century. Stone; overall: 39.4 x 53.4 cm (15 1/2 x 21 in.).Wine Vessel, Fu Yi gong, zoomorphic bronze, Shang period, Shanghai Museum, China.Jug 1842 Charles Meigh British The arcaded "Gothic" decoration is a response by the pottery industry to the ideas of the influential architect and designer Augustus Charles Pugin (1762-1832).. Jug. Charles Meigh (British, active 1835-61). British, Hanley. 1842. Stoneware. Ceramics-PotteryPottery wine-pourer from ancient Syria. Dated 6th Century BCSpouted jar with a basket handle ca. 9th century B.C. Iran. Spouted jar with a basket handle 325616SEP 26, 2013 Neuchatel, Switzerland - Old Bronze-Age ancient antique pot and containers of local people near lake Neuchatel exhibits in Latenium Archaeological MuseumSpout Vessel in Form of a Stack of Globular Fruits. Moche; Chimbote, Santa Valley, north coast, Peru. Date: 250 AD-500 AD. Dimensions: H. 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.). Ceramic and pigment. Origin: Peru. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.CASTAÑERA CON FORMA DE PUCHERO SIN VIDRIAR Y ASA ANCHA - ARTE POPULAR S XX. Location: ALFARERIA. MOVEROS. Zamora. SPAIN.KERO INCA - VASO CEREMONIAL - MADERA - FECHADO ENTRE 1551 Y 1750. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.Vase for scented oils (aryballoi), terracotta with black figures (c. 6th century BC). Necropolis of Santa Venera, Paestum archaelogical site.BOTELLA DE AGUA DECORADA CON DIBUJOS BRUÑIDOS CON CANTO DE RIO - ARTE POPULAR. Location: ALFARERIA. SALVATIERRA DE LOS BARROS. Badajoz. SPAIN.Bottle Vase (chui-hu), 6th century, 6 9/16 x 7 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (16.67 x 19.37 x 19.37 cm), Yue ware Stoneware with incised decor under a celadon glaze, China, 6th century, The chui-hu is one of the most prevalent vessel shapes of the Six Dynasties period. This one is decorated with six large lotus petals suggesting possible Buddhist symbolism. Celadon wares with similar ornament have been executed from ancient kiln sites in Chekiang province.Campania Salerno Nocera Inferiore Museo dell'Agro Nocerino5. Hutzel, Max German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.ceramic canteen, Roman period, Manacor History Museum, Manacor, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.Decorated ware jar with lug handles ca. 3650-3300 B.C. Predynastic, Naqada II. Decorated ware jar with lug handles. ca. 3650-3300 B.C.. Pottery, paint. Predynastic, Naqada II. From Egypt, Southern Upper Egypt, Hierakonpolis (Nekhen), Fort Cemetery (Hk 27), Tomb 40, MMA excavations, 1934-35Oinochoe; Eastern Mediterranean; 1st - 2nd century; Glass; 12.2 cm (4 13,16 in.)Tamba-Ware Jar. Japanese. Date: 1401-1500. Dimensions: 59.5 × 52.9 cm. Stoneware with ash glaze. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Lamp with Mask overlaid with gold foil; Roman Empire; 1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D; Glass, gold; 7 x 2.4 cm (2 3,4 x 15,16 in.)Patterned pottery vase and bowl outside gift shop, Pisac Market, Pisac, near Cusco, PeruMUSEO-INTERIOR-CERAMICA DE NINODAGUIA-BOTIJO - FOTO AÑOS 90. Location: FABRICA-MUSEO DE CERAMICA. Sargadelos. LUGO. SPAIN.Terracotta askos (flask with a spout and handle over the top) in the form of a bird. Culture: Cypriot. Dimensions: 3 3/8in. (8.6cm). Date: 750-600 B.C..Three feet with geometric ornament. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Horse detail from a jug with a griffin-head spout, Greek, c675-c650 BC.Homer Cup, 1847, C. Benjamin Schlick; Manufacturer: Elkington and Co., British, founded 1836, 4 13/16 x 5 15/16 x 5 3/16 in. (12.22 x 15.08 x 13.18 cm), Electroplate, gilt, England, 19th centuryVASO EGIPCIO DE VIDRIO - PERIODO ROMANO - SIGLO II AC. Location: BRITISH MUSEUM. LONDON. ENGLAND.Single Spout Rectangular Vessel with Sculpted Frog and Textile-like Motifs. Nievería; Central coast, Peru. Date: 500 AD-800 AD. Dimensions: 16.5 x 14.6 cm (6 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.). Ceramic and pigment. Origin: Nievería. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Vase with puma motif, 3rd century BCE - 6th century CE, 6 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (16.51 x 17.15 x 17.15 cm), Polychromed earthenware, Peru, 3rd century BCE - 6th century CECeramic vessels, 10th century excavation site site of the palace city of Caliph Abd ar-Rahman III, Medina Azahara, Medina Azahara, Andalusia, Spain, EuropeBird-shaped vessel 3rd century Korea Footed bird-shaped vessels have been found primarily at burial sites on the southern Korean peninsula, near the Nakdong River. Occurring in pairs, they probably served as funereal ritual vessels and burial objects. Liquid was poured into the vessel through an opening at the back and flowed out through the birds tail. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #8505. Bird-Shaped Vessel Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as possible.. Bird-shaped vessel. Korea. 3rd century. Earthenware. Three Kingdoms period (57 B.C.-A.D. 676). CeramicsBasket. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); W. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.clay cup isolated on white backgroundRoman amphorae to transport wine Roman amphorae to transport wine, oil and salted meats, 1st-2nd century AD, Huelva Museum, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21720681Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar) ca. 470-460 B.C. Attributed to the Alkimachos Painter Obverse, combat between an Amazon and a GreekReverse, youthThe Amazons were famous horsewomen. It is interesting, therefore, that the device of the Greek warrior's shield consists of the hindquarters of a horse.. Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar) 254183 : Attributed to the Alkimachos Painter, Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar), ca. 470460 B.C., Terracotta, H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm) diameter 7 in. (17.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1941 (41.162.16). Cup with 12 loops, to which rings hang. Two loops and four rings are missing.Bowl, Bird Head on Rim 11th-14th century Mississippian. Bowl, Bird Head on Rim 318591Jug with animal depictions, c. 500 BC, Archaeological Museum in the former Order Hospital of the Knights of St. John, 15th century, Old Town, Rhodes Town, Greece, EuropeVery old style metal ewer water jar in viewTerracotta oinochoe: chous (jug) 2nd half of 5th century B.C. Greek, Attic Children playing at, or parodying, a Dionysiac procession. Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug) 251494 Greek, Attic, Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug), 2nd half of 5th century B.C., Terracotta, H. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1924 (24.97.34)Globular Bowl with Cartouches. Guatemala, Petén, Naranjo or vicinity, Maya, late 6th century CE. Ceramics. Slip-painted ceramicVessel, 3rd century BCE - 6th century CE, 8 1/4 x 6 1/8 x 6 1/2 in. (21.0 x 15.6 x 16.5 cm), Clay, pigments, Peru, 3rd century BCE - 6th century CEClose-up of a jar, Deruta, ItalyArtifacts at the El Born Cultural and Memorial Centre archeological site and museum, Barcelona, Spain. (Editorial Use Only)Urns, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, on the left a bronze urn, a grave find from the South Germanic Iron Age, on the right a bone urn from Sittanova, Cittanova in Calabria, Italy, EuropeBronze krater from the Tomb of Vix in Burgundy, France. Detail. Greek civilization, 6th Century BC.An Athenian red figure vase showing animal sacrifice, on display in The Louvre, Paris, FranceBOTIJO CON FORMA DE GALLO EN BARRO. Location: ALFARERIA. Guadix. GRANADA. SPAIN.GRILLERA DE BARRO-ARTE POPULAR DEL S XX. Location: ALFARERIA. VILLAFRANCA DE LOS CABALLEROS. Toledo. SPAIN.Jar with Deer from 5th~6th century Three Kingdoms Period of KoreaPolychrome Jar with Avanu Design, Lela and Luther Gutierrez, Santa Clara Pueblo, NM, 1957Copper pitcher. Mycenaean, 1500-1300 BC - probably from the Peloponnese. The pitcher was made from four sheets of copper, hammered to shape and riveted together. It is a remarkably well-preserved example of a type of vessel which was fairly common, but rarely survived intact.Pitcher c 1890 Chicago. In addition to both small- and large-scale bronze sculpturesómost notably, the lions flanking the Art Instituteís Michigan Avenue entranceóEdward Kemeys created utilitarian vessels such as this ceramic pitcher. Produced by the potter Joseph Green and sold at Burley and Company in Chicago, the pitcher features four heads of Native Americans similar to those Kemeys sculpted for the lobby of Chicagoís Marquette Building. While the artist employed a geometric decoration reminiscent of Native American basketry, the pitcherís form is not based on an actual vessel.. Earthenware . Edward Kemeys (Designer)Ceramic jug with native tradition of ceramic jugs with local traditionVase 17th century. Vase 456219Green olives in a clay jarMycenaean gold stemmed goblet with one handle. Dated 1500 BCOld Arabic metal pitcherTAIPEI, TAIWAN - November 24 : Antiques are displayed in Taipei’s National Palace Museum on November 24, 2016 in Taipei, Taiwan, Asia.Moldedhead-flaskBasketry in Ancient Egypt. Large oval basket with lid found in Luxor and two coiled reed baskets found in AkhmimRed Figure SkyphosGreek abstract statue. Mythology ancient sculpture. Vase and column parts. Bright horse head. Historical characters busts. Isolated broken antique monument graphic templates. Vector doodle artwork set. Greek abstract statue. Mythology ancient sculpture. Vase and column parts. Bright horse head. Historical busts. Isolated antique monument graphic templates. Vector doodle artwork set