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Greek Red Figure

Ancient Greek Red-Figure Terracotta Pelike (Jar), 5th–4th Century BCE
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exquisite ancient Greek red-figure terracotta pelike (storage jar) standing 10.5
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antiquities

Materials

Terracotta

Eros on Dolphin. Dionisian series by Marco Silombria
Located in Firenze, IT
a dolphin, floats against a black background that directly evokes Greek red-figure pottery. The body
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Illustration Board

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
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Prints

Materials

Wood, Paper

Tiffany Studios New York "Vine Border" Floor Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
Greek red-figure pottery, typically on vessels meant for storing or mixing wine. On such vessels
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Floor Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Series of four klismoi chairs by Luca Scacchetti
By Luca Scacchetti
Located in PARIS, FR
, Greek red-figure ceramics. In this reinterpretation, Scacchetti transcends the mere form of the
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1990s Italian Greek Revival Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood, Lacquer

Series of four klismoi chairs by Luca Scacchetti
Series of four klismoi chairs by Luca Scacchetti
$7,794 / set
H 33.6 in W 22.44 in D 24.6 in
Ancient Paestan Red-Figure Kylix
Located in Los Angeles, CA
developed upon earlier red-figure styles of painting and forms, with some taking the embellishments to new
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Greek Ceramics

Materials

Terracotta

Ancient Paestan Red-Figure Kylix
Ancient Paestan Red-Figure Kylix
$45,000
H 5.75 in W 14 in D 10 in
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
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Vintage 1980s Spanish Classical Greek Books

Materials

Paper

18th Century Wedgwood Tricolor Jasper Ware Pegasus Vase
By Wedgwood
Located in Asheville, NC
'Crowning of a Citharist' or 'A Victorious Citharist was based on a design on a 4th century Greek red figure
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Antique 1780s English Neoclassical Pottery

Materials

Stoneware

Early 20th Century Stoneware Attic Style Vase by Jean Magrou
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Ancient Greek Black and Red figure vessels. Astonishing decoration of ancient tales in remarkable original
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Early 20th Century French Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Jump of the Tiger, Cuba
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Ascending
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Hop Scotch
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
Category

1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Countdown
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Arm Exercise
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
Category

1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Match Practice
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Training
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Training
$1,000
H 14 in W 11 in
No, No, No, or, Photographer's Favorite
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Wrestler's Embrace
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Struggle for Life
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

In Motion
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Future Champions
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
Category

1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Preparing for the Wrestling Class
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Bridge
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Free Exercise
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Sport Is the Right of the People
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Lineup
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Salto de Tigre
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Subiendo Las Escaleras
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

El Illumindo
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
documentary origin to artistry. Viewed from afar it recalls the ancient Greek brush in red-figure technique
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Recent Sales

Greek, Attic Red Figure Squat Lekythos with Sphinx
Located in Zurich, Canton Zurich
estate of Mr. Bruno Fellinger (1926-2016), Sonnenrain 2, 8700 Küsnacht, Switzerland. In Greek mythology
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antiquities

Materials

Clay

Greek Vase Apulian Red Figure Volute Krater
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
draped female figure, identified as the deceased, is seated within an Ionic naiskos. To the right a naked
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Greek Vases

Materials

Terracotta

Greek, Attic Red Figure Squat Lekythos by the Meidias Painter
Located in Zurich, Canton Zurich
Attic RF squat-lekythos depicting a sitting and a dancing female. Gilding on fruit visibly preserved. Missing part at the body and handle professionally completed. Athens, rich style...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antiquities

Materials

Clay

Ancient Greek South Italian Paestan Red Figure Lebes Gamikos
Located in New York, NY
attributed to the Asteas - Python workshop, both sides with a female head in profile to the left, one wearing a dotted kekryphalos, the other wearing a dotted sphendone, tongues on t...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Antiquities

Rare Victorian Porcelain Inset, Greco Romain Painted Side Table
By Copeland & Garrett Spode
Located in Banksmeadow, NSW
in the manner of an ancient Greek red figure painting in iron red, highlighted in black, depicting a
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Antique 1840s English Greek Revival Center Tables

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Porcelain, Pine

Apulian Red-Figure Pelike
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
. A winged figure of Eros stands opposite, holding a phiale in his outstretched left hand and a bunch
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Greek Antiquities

Materials

Terracotta

Apulian Red-Figure Pelike
Apulian Red-Figure Pelike
H 14 in W 6.5 in D 6.5 in
Apulian Red-Figure Hydria
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
which is held in an act of gesture towards the naked male figure. The male, who leans back in a relaxed
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Greek Vases

Materials

Terracotta

Apulian Red-Figure Hydria
Apulian Red-Figure Hydria
H 12.1 in W 7 in D 6 in
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
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Greek Antiquities

Materials

Terracotta

Large Ancient Greek Red Figure Patera, 320 BC
Located in London, GB
An ancient Greek Apulian red-figure patera, dating to around 320 BC. A particularly large
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Vases

Ancient Greek Red Figure Campanian Ram Head Rhyton Vessel, 350 BC
Located in London, GB
folded back ears. The neck of the vessel painted in typical red-figure technique with a griffon chasing a
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Antiquities

Materials

Pottery

Ancient Greek Apulian Red Figure Pottery Lekanis, 4th Century BC
Located in London, GB
A beautiful ancient Greek Apulian red-figure lekanis, dating to 350–300 BC. The lekanis of
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antiquities

Materials

Pottery

Pair of German Engravings
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th Century German hand colored engraving, depicting ancient Greek "red figure" pottery
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Antique 19th Century German Prints

Pair of German Engravings
Pair of German Engravings
H 16 in W 20.75 in
Ancient Greek Apulian Red Figure Pottery Fish Plate, 4th Century BC
Located in London, GB
An ancient Apulian Greek red-figure fish plate, dating to the 4th century BC. Sitting upon a
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities

Materials

Pottery

Ancient Greek Apulian Red-Figure Ceramic Olpe Wine Jug, 4th Century B.C.
Located in London, GB
A stunning ancient Greek Apulian red-figure olpe, dating to the 4th century B.C. This delicately
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Antiquities

Materials

Pottery

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
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Late 20th Century Classical Greek Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Ancient Greek Apulian Red Figure Olpe
Located in London, GB
A stunning, delicate and vibrant ancient Greek Apulian terra cotta olpe, attributed to the Menzies
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Ceramics

Neoclassical Red Figure Vase with Greek Key Pattern
By P. Ipsens Enke
Located in Katonah, NY
A large terra cotta Red Figure vase showing the three fates weaving the thread of life and on the
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Antique 19th Century Danish Neoclassical Vases

Ancient Greek Apulian Red-Figure Ceramic Pottery Bottle, 4th Century B.C.
Located in London, GB
A particularly finely painted ancient Greek Apulian red-figure bottle, dating to the 4th century
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Antiquities

Apulian Red-Figure Volute Krater
Located in New Orleans, LA
Apulian Red-Figure Volute Krater Circa 4th Century BCE An extraordinary artifact of Ancient Greek
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Apulian Red-Figure Volute Krater
Apulian Red-Figure Volute Krater
H 21.75 in W 13 in D 11 in
Tiffany Studios New York "Vine Border" Plafonnier
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
a grape leaf frieze. The vine border pattern was commonly found on Greek red-figure pottery
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Bronze

Huge Early 20th Century Stoneware Attic Ware Style Vase by Jean Magrou
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Ancient Greek Black and Red figure vessels. Astonishing decoration of ancient tales in remarkable original
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Early 20th Century French Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Two-Layered Agate Roman Cameo '4th cent.AD' Sterling Silver Ring Depicting Nike
Located in Roma, IT
in Greek representations (eg British Museum red-figure krater, 400-380 BC depicting the god of light
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2010s Italian Classical Roman Cocktail Rings

Materials

Agate, Sterling Silver

Ancient Greek Red Figure Pelike Vase, 350 BC
Located in London, GB
A red-figure pelike from Apulia, South Italy, dating to the 4th century BC. Of typical form, with
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Greek Vases

Materials

Pottery

Ancient Collection of Five Roman Artefacts Glass, Ceramic, Carthage, 2nd Century
Located in Sofia, BG
by these great civilisations. From Cypriot idols to Greek red-figure pottery, Etruscan gold to Roman
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Sicilian Classical Roman Antiquities

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Ceramic, Glass

Ancient Greek Paestan Red Figure Pottery Hydria - 350 BC
Located in London, GB
A beautiful, rare and well provenanced ancient Greek, Paestan Red-Figure Hydria (water carrying
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antiquities

19th Century Grand Tour style Red-Figure Greek Hydria Pottery
Located in Nashville, TN
Grand Tour Red-Figure Greek hydria terra-cotta pottery. Item rests on a flared pedestal foot rising
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Vases

Materials

Clay

Amir (male nude)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
confluence of Islamic tile work, Mexican textiles and Greek red-figure pottery.
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2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Color Pencil

Male Nude
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
confluence of Islamic tile work, Mexican textiles and Greek red-figure pottery.
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Color Pencil

Male Nude
Male Nude
H 15 in W 10 in D 1 in
Myth and Games II, red monoprint of ancient Greek figure and bull, gold frame
By Apostolos Chantzaras
Located in Dallas, TX
This work of art is framed in a custom gold frame. APOSTOLOS CHANTZARAS (b. Agrinio, Greece, 1977
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Acrylic, Archival Paper, Monoprint

Greek, Attic Red Figure Squat Lekythos with Hermes Head
Located in Zurich, Canton Zurich
Attic red figure squat-lekythos depicting the head of Hermes. Athens, mid-5th century BC. Neck
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antiquities

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Clay

Antique English Attic Red Figure Greek Vase, England, circa 1890
Located in Houston, TX
An Attic red figure Greek vase with painted scenes on both sides and the maker's stamp on the base
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Antique Late 19th Century English Classical Greek Urns

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Greek Red Figure For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal Greek red figure for your home. Each Greek red figure for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, pottery and clay. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer Greek red figure, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each Greek red figure bearing Neoclassical hallmarks is very popular. P. Ipsens Enke each produced at least one beautiful Greek red figure that is worth considering.

How Much is a Greek Red Figure?

Prices for a Greek red figure can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $995 and can go as high as $21,500, while the average can fetch as much as $4,350.
Questions About Greek Red Figure
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    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.