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Is amphora Greek or Latin?
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An amphora, a two-handled pot with a large body and a narrow neck, is a Greek form of pottery. It was largely used for storage. You can shop a collection of amphoras from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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Large Greek Amphora Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A large circa 1920s hand painted and glazed Greek-revival ceramic amphora converted to lamp.
Category
Vintage 1920s Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair! Mid Century Modern Greek Amphora Plaster Lamps Baby Blue & White 1950s MCM
By Guido Gambone
Located in Peoria, AZ
PAIR
MID CENTURY MODERN
TABLE LAMPS
GREEK AMPHORA DESIGN
BABY BLUE WITH WHITE ACCENTS
DIMENSIONS: 28" x 17" EACH
This pair of mid century table lamps are simply stunning!
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Pair of White Marble Vases with Ivy Decoration, 19th Century
Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Two large covered vases with foot in white Carrara marble of Greek Amphora form, carved with climbing ivy. The shape of the handles have a geometrical form and show the taste of Anci...
Category
Antique 1880s French Greek Revival Vases
Materials
Marble
Wedgwood Black Basalt Jewelry Dish Terracotta Amphora Neoclassical Style English
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
Dish is black basalt stoneware with center medallion Greek amphora vase with male and female detail. Piece was produced during Wedgwood’s early 20th‑century Neoclassical revival era,...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Stoneware
Attic Red-Figure Neck Amphora, by the Painter Of The Louvre Centauromachy
Located in London, GB
The Classical Greek amphora with glossy black glaze and elegantly twisted handles.
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Antique Greek Lidded Amphora with Classical Figures Lithograph, 1883
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Greek Lidded Amphora with Classical Figures Lithograph, 1883
Original antique color lithograph depicting an elaborate ancient Greek lidded amphora with classical figures and...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Prints
Materials
Paper
