White Ground, Kanthoros
White Ground, Kantharos, W124
Style: Greek White Ground Style.
Function: A Greek kantharos is a specific type of cup that was commonly used for drinking purposes.
Figures:Hephaestus and Dionysus
Size: 15 cm (6 inches) high
Background
In white-ground pottery, the vase is covered with a light or white slip of kaolinite. White-ground vases were produced in Ionia, Laconia and on the Cycladic islands. But only in Athens did it develop into a veritable separate style beside black-figure and red-figure vase painting. For that reason, the term white-ground pottery or white-ground vase painting is usually used in reference to the Attic material only.
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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White Ground, Kantharos, W124
Style: Greek White Ground Style.
Function: A Greek kantharos is a specific type of cup that was commonly used for drinking purposes.
Figures:Hephaestus and Dionysus
Size: 15 cm (6 inches) high
White Ground, Lekythos, W341
Style: Greek White Ground Style.
Function: The Greek Lekythos is a specific vessel used for storing oil.
Figures: Hermes was the messenger and herald of the gods of Mt. Olympus and was also inventor of the lyre. He is often identified with wings on his feet.
Size: 30 cm (12 inches) high
White Ground, Lekythos, W112
Style: Greek White Ground Style
Function: The Greek Lekythos is a specific vessel used for storing oil.
Figures: Eros (Cupid) in flight
Size: 40 cm (15 inches) high
White Ground, Lekythos, W111
Style: Greek White Ground Style
Function: The Greek Lekythos is a specific vessel used for storing oil.
Figures: Two muses in mountain Helikon. Mount Helikonand the Hippocrene spring were considered to be a source of poetic inspiration.
Size: 30 cm (12 inches) high
White Ground, Lekythos, W861
Style: Greek White Ground Style
Function: The Greek Lekythos is a specific vessel used for storing oil.
Figures: ?.
Size: 40 cm (15 inches) high