Vase

A vase (from Latin vas vessel vasis, dishes) is usually made ​​of glass, porcelain or Pottery hollow vessel, the decoration, the placing of flowers or - stockpiling used - especially in ancient times.

Vases often wear elaborate paintings.

Antique vases

Antique vases were subject to a rapidly changing fashion tastes, so that a certain type vases indicates a limited time. Archaeology uses so-called type panels for dating of finds.

Ancient vase shapes

Among the ancient vase forms the following are counted: Amphora, Alabastron ( ointment vessel), aryballos ( ointment vessel), askos, Dinos (boilers), hydria (water jar ), kantharos ( drinking vessel ), kernos, craters, Kyathos, kylix ( cup), Kanne, Lebes Gamikos (boiler for wedding ceremony ), lekythos, Loutrophoros ( vase for wedding ceremony ), Lydion ( ointment vessel), Oinochoe ( pot ), pelike, psykter (wine cooler), Pyxis ( box ), rhyton ( drinking vessel ), skyphos ( drinking vessel ).