We also seeīroad areas of black paint and stripped areas that form the base. You see diamonds and trianglesĪnd circles and meanders.

Period in Greek history and the style that isĪssociated with is geometric because the surface isĬovered with geometric motifs.

This particular vase comes from an early It isĬovered, every inch of this, with decoration and that decoration is divided in two bands or registers. This vase so important, so extraordinary, is its decoration. Liquid was poured in the top as an offering for the deceased. And in fact theīottom of this vase is open and it's possible that Headstones to mark a gravesite but the Greeks used ceramic vessels. Normally when we think about ancient Greek vases, we think about containersįor wine or liquids but this ceramic pot hadĪ very different purpose. The shape of this vase makes it a crater and it was found at theĭipylon cemetery in Athens. On the handles in relief, heads of Io with black hair.Metropolitan Museum of Art looking at a gigantic clay pot. Below, also arranged symetrically, a woman approaches on eighter side, holding a mirror and an oinochoe. Above, on either side is a seated youth holding a box the one on the left also holds grapes. Reverse: naiskos with a statue of the deceased woman holding a wreath, a long sash, and a flower. On the handles, in relief, heads of Io with blonde hair. On the neck: frontal head of a woman wearing a Phrygian cap emerging from a blossom, surrounded by flowers and tendrils.

In the same register, at the extreme left, a young Pan, leaning on a rock, observes the scene. Athena is attended by two youths, who, like Paris, are in Eastern costume. Athena, directly below Paris, is also seated, leaning on her shield, wearing her helmet and holding a large phiale. Hera, holding her scepter is seated in the upper right on a rock. Aphrodite, accompanied by Eros is in the upper left, seated beside a large box, holding a wreath and a mirror. He listens to Hermes, standing to his right, who has brought the three goddesses to him to be judged. The Trojan prince is seated in the center, dressed in Eastern garb.

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