Athenian Female Companionship with Deer in front of a Water Spring - Hydria - c 500 BC - Ceramic Vase

Item Specifics

Vase Details:
Condition: New, Handmade in Greece.
Material: Clay
Height: 39 cm - 15,4 inches
Width: 25 cm - 9,8 inches
Length: 19 cm - 7,5 inches
Weight: 2400 g

Ancient Greek pottery, due to its relative durability, comprises a large part of the archaeological record of ancient Greece, and since there is so much of it (over 100,000 painted vases are recorded in the Corpus vasorum antiquorum), it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of Greek society. The shards of pots discarded or buried in the 1st millennium BC are still the best guide available to understand the customary life and mind of the ancient Greeks. There were several vessels produced locally for everyday and kitchen use, yet finer pottery from regions such as Attica was imported by other civilizations throughout the Mediterranean, such as the Etruscans in Italy.There were various specific regional varieties, such as the South Italian ancient Greek pottery.