Handmade Pythia vase

HANDMADE CERAMIC PYTHIA  VASE .

Decorated with angiographs of gods & heroes,of the ancient greek mythology.Something that did also in ancient Greece, because they wanted to include in every day’s life, and to honor with this, the gods who worshiped and asked for their help in every need.They are made with the same pottery techniques, that used in ancient GREECE.

Painted with a dark red colour,named in ancient greek “porfyra”.It was considered the colour of the gods.It was the most expensive and most rare.Therefore all the Greek Kings wore chitons in that colour.
But through ancient greek ceramic art, we will go through the stage of the simple daily vessels, to some vessels which had special purpose.
These were manufactured elaborately with great angiographies, making them so important pieces of worlds history.

A trip that will start from 1100bc, the progeometrical period, and reach to the prevalence of black-figured and reddish rate, up to 330 bc.
And will grant us unique masterpieces,such as amphoras, lykithoi, ydreies, jugs , prochoys, cylics, beetle, wine amphoras, craters.
From the ancient greek ceramics, we draw a lot of information about the life of the ancient greeks.Their religion and their relationship with everyone.
The vessels had many uses, and that is why many variations and shapes have been found. they used them for storage, for weddings, and funerals and ceremonies,for perfumes.