N.Y.) Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, Shapes of Greek Vases
“ Scene on a red-figured pyxis in the British Museum. A bride is being dressed for her wedding; a little maid is fastening her shoes while another is bringing her jewelry in a box. At the door stand two marriage vases filled with twigs, and a loutrophoros nearby also contains branches or flowers. ”
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. 12 Black-figured hydria with continuous curve for neck and body, broad foot, and handles placed rather low. ”
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. ”
