N.Y.) Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York

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N.Y.) Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York,  Shapes of Greek Vases

“ In the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
11HYDRIA. Water-jar having three handles. The handle at the back was used for pouring or for carrying the vessel; the handles at the sides, for lifting.
Hydria of the black-figured type having the handle at the back much larger than those at the sides, and the neck at a sharp angle with the body.
Hydria with rounded body. The handles and mouldings suggest imitation of metal technique.
Hydria with more strongly curving shoulder and conical foot.
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Black-figured hydria with continuous curve for neck and body, broad foot, and handles placed rather low.
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N.Y.) Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York,  Shapes of Greek Vases

“ The beauty of the unbroken curve between the edge of the lip and the bottom of the foot is the result of a century of continued study.
Kylix with “wishbone” handles, a very graceful, slender form in use in the later fifth century.
In the British Museum.
Red-figured kylix with deep bowl, offset lip, and flat foot. A shape intermediate between the kylix and the skyphos.
Lekane, covered dish of uncertain use. It often appears in vase paintings of toilet scenes.
22DRINKING CUPS—KANTHAROS.
Kantharos of black-figured type with offset lip and high curving handles.
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