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What is the difference between black figure and red figure Greek pottery?
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The difference between black-figure and red-figure Greek pottery is that in black-figure pottery, figural and ornamental motifs were applied with a slip that turned black during firing and the background was color of the clay, whereas the decorative motifs on red-figure vases remained the color of the clay; the background, filled in with a slip, turned black. Red-figure is essentially the reverse of a black figure. On 1stDibs, shop vintage and antique Greek pottery.
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Classical Ancient Greek Euphronios Pottery Vase Style Table Lamp
Located in Forney, TX
Euphronios (c.535-470 BC), black lacquered ancient Greek red-figure (orange) pottery style vase with splashes
Category
Late 20th Century Classical Greek Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Set of Three Framed Prints Depicting Greek Apulian Red-Figure Pottery
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Set of three framed prints depicting Greek glassical red-figure pottery.
Left print: Marked
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Prints
Materials
Wood, Paper
Greek kylix
Located in EL CAMPELLO, ES
and sipping while reclining. Often decorated with red-figure or black-figure scenes on the interior
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Athenian Red Figure Vases, the Archaic Period
Located in Bradenton, FL
Athenian red figure vases, the Archaic Period by John Boardman. Paperback book, published in 1985
Category
Vintage 1980s Spanish Classical Greek Books
Materials
Paper
Apulian Red Figure Lekanis with Ladies of Fashion
Located in London, GB
A Red-figure lekanis composed of a fitted lid with red-figure "ladies of fashion" in profile. This
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Greek Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
"Perfect Empire #6", Classical Greek Sculpture Portrait Figurative Study on Red
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary figure study of a classical Greek sculpture of a woman with cherub, depicted with
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
