Background
Red-figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural Greek vase painting. It developed in Athens around 530 BC and remained in use until the late 3rd century BC. Its modern name is based on the figural depictions in red colour on a black background. The pottery process follows the technique and style used by the ancients and every object is individually hand thrown terracotta, hand-shaped, and hand-painted in detail in Greece and signed by an artist skilled in the art of ancient Greek pottery making.
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Red Figure, Skyphos, R132
Style: Greek Red Figure Style
Function: A drinking vessel.
Figures: The Athenian Greek owl depicting wisdom with olive spring on either side.
Size: 10 cm (4 inches) high
Red Figure, Cinochoe, R145
Style: Greek Red Figure Style.
Function: The cinochoe was used for pouring wine.
Figures: Eros (god of love) and brothers in flight. His brothers were Deimos (fear, Phobos (panic) and Harmonia (harmony)
Red Figure, Amphora, R141
Style: Greek Red Figure Style.
Function: The amphora was commonly used to store various foods and drinks.
Figures: Greek goddess Athena and the Trojan horse (Dourios hippos).
Size: 20 cm (8 inches) high
Red Figure, Krater, R133
Style: Greek Red Figure Style.
Function: A Greek krater was specifically designed to dilute wine with water before serving.
Figures: Eros was the Greek god of love, or more precisely, passionate and physical desire. Without warning he selects his targets and forcefully strikes at their hearts. His Roman counterpart was Cupid.
Size: 25 cm (10 inches) high
Red Figure, Krater, R131
Style: Greek Red Figure Style
Function: A Greek krater was specifically designed to dilute wine with water before serving.
Figures: Achilles and Ajax playing a board game before the Trojan war.
Size: 22 cm (8 1/2 inches) high
Red Figure, Lekythos, R128
Style: Greek Red Figure Style
Function: The Greek Lekythos is a specific vessel used for storing oil.
Figures: Apollo with his lyre and Artemis with her hind
Size: 25 cm (10 inches) high
Red Figure, Amphora, R126
Style: Greek Red Figure Style.
Function: The amphora was commonly used to store various foods and drinks.
Figures: The Apulian red figure nestoris depicts Pelopas with two horses in the sky
Size: 33 cm (13 inches) high
Red Figure, Amphora, R121
Style: Greek Red Figure Style.
Function: The amphora was commonly used to store various foods and drinks.
Figures: Athena with shield
Size: 25 cm (10 inches) high}
Red Figure, Pyxis, R204
Style: Red Figure Style.
Function: Pyxis wares were used by women to hold their cosmetics, trinkets and/or jewelry.
Figures: Wedding of Peleus and Thetis
Size: 15 cm (6 inches) high
Red Figure, Pelike, R113
Style: Greek Red Figure Style.
Function: A pelike was a one-piece ceramic container similar to an amphora and was probably used for storing wine.
Figures: Demeter presided over the cycle of life and death and was also goddess of the harvest.
Size: 25 cm (10 inches) high
Red Figure, Pyxis, R102 Small
Style: Greek Red Figure Style.
Function: A pyxis was often used as a cosmetic container or as a gift for brides, given by their fathers on their wedding day and filled with cosmetics, trinkets and/or jewelry.
Figures: Figures involve preparation and arrangement for wedding. Shows back and front figures on Pyxis..
Size: 15 cm (6 inches) high
Red Figure, Pyxis, R102 Large
Style: Greek Red Figure Style.
Function: A pyxis was often used as a cosmetic container or as a gift for brides, given by their fathers on their wedding day and filled with cosmetics, trinkets and/or jewelry.
Figures: Figures involve preparation and arrangement for wedding. Shows back and front figures on Pyxis..
Size: 22 cm (9 inches) high
Red Figure, Hydra, R207
Style: Greek Red Figure Style.
Function: A hydra was a vessel for storing water.
Figures: Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods of Mount Olympus. Ganymede was a divine hero whose homeland was Troy and was the most beautiful of mortals.
Size: 25 cm (10 inches) high
Red Figure, Amphora, R109
Style: Greek Red Figure Style.
Function: The amphora was commonly used to store various foods and drinks.
Figures: Greek maiden receiving wedding present.
Size: 25 cm (10 inches) high
Red Amphora, Amphora, R108
Style: Greek Red Figure Style.
Function: The amphora was commonly used to store various foods and drinks.
Figures: Olympic runners
Size: 23 cm (9 inches) high
Red Figure, Pyxis, R827
Style: Greek Red Style.
Function: A lidded pyxis was generally used as a cosmetic container or as a gift for brides on their wedding day and filled with cosmetics, trinkets and/or jewelry.
Figures: Ancient Greek wedding.
Size: 22 cm (9 inches) high
Red Ficure, Belly Amphora, R101
Style: Greek Red Figure Style.
Function: The amphora was commonly used to store various foods and drinks.
Figures: Pankration, ancient Greek sports event that combined boxing and wrestling, introduced at the XXXIII Olympiad (648 BCE . Greek Olympic runners on reverse.
Size: 23 cm (9 inches) high
Red Figure, Amphora, R549
Style: Greek Red Figure Style.
Function: The amphora was commonly used to store various foods and drinks.
Figures: Greek suitor and maiden.
Size: 25 cm (10 inches) high
Red Figure, Albastion, R928
Style: Greek Red Figure Style.
Function: The amphora was commonly used to store various foods and drinks.
Figures: Greek bride receiving gifts.
Size: 30 cm (12 inches) high
Figure Red, Amphora, R141b
Style: Greek Red Figure Style.
Function: The amphora was commonly used to store various foods and drinks.
Figures: Greek goddess Athena with shield and horseman on reverse.
Size: 20 cm (8 inches) high
