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A brief history of the Melbourne University Greek Vase Collection, by John Burke.

Click below on an "MUV" number to see a list of available images.

Supplement (vases on loan, and some high-resolution images).

Mycenean

1	MUV 01	Strirrup jar	Late Helladic III B
2	MUV 02	Stirrup jar	Late Helladic III C
3	MUV 04	Beaked jug	Late Helladic III B
4	MUV 03	Neck-handled amphora	Submycenean 1060-1000 BC

Attic Geometric

5	MUV 05	Kalathos	900-850 BC
6	MUV 06A MUV 06B	Low-standed bowl and lid	LG IIb, 700 BC
7	MUV 07	Low-standed bowl	LG IIb, 700 BC
8	MUV 23	Trefoil-mouthed oinochoe (Dipylon Group)	725-700 BC
9	MUV 60	Kalathos with handle	700 BC

East Greek

10	MUV 44	Bird bowl	Carian	Subgeometric 690-680 BC
11	MUV 57	Standed plate	Rhodes	Archaic 575-550 BC
12	MUV 45	Hedgehog aryballos	Rhodes/Naukratis	Archaic 550 BC
13	MUV 46	Seated man aryballos	Rhodes	Archaic 525-500 BC
14	MUV 63	Ionian cup	Rhodes	Archaic 575-550 BC
15	MUV 31	Ionian cup	S. Italy	Archaic 580-540 BC

Corinthian

16	MUV 52	Aryballos	Hare hunt	MPC II 660 BC
17	MUV 10	Aryballos	Running dogs	M/LPC 650-630 BC
18	MUV 65	Cup	Lines and zigzags	LPC 630-620 BC
19	MUV 39	Aryballos	Padded dancers	EC 625-600 BC
20	MUV 09	Alabastron	Linear pattern	EC 615-590 BC
21	MUV 79	Alabastron	Lotus/palmette pattern	590 BC
22	MUV 80	Aryballos	Quatrefoil	590-570 BC
23	MUV 54	Aryballos	Panther mask	590-570 BC
24	MUV 12	Convex pyxis	Animal friezes	590-570 BC
25	MUV 43	Tripod pyxis	Sirens	LC I 570-560 BC
26	MUV 35	Aryballos	Hoplite march	LC 550 BC
27	MUV 08	Cylindrical pyxis	Linear patterning	510-490 BC
28	MUV 56	Kotyle	Black glaze	350 BC

Etrusco-Corinthian

29

Alabastron

Panthers and rosettes

575-550 BC

Attic Black-figure

30	MUV 47	Lid or plate	Manner of Gorgon Painter	580 BC
31	MUV 40	Hydria	Painter of Louvre F6. Main: warrior's departure; shoulder: panthers	550-540 BC
32	MUV 62	Neck amphora	Class of Perugia 124 Sides A and B: Twin riders - Dioscuri?	535-530 BC
33	MUV 30	Neck amphora	Black-banded	520 BC
34	MUV 37	Neck amphora	Circle of Antimenes Painter. Side A: Assembly of gods; Side B: Warrior's farewell	515-505 BC
35	MUV 14	Lekythos	Main: Divine procession	510-500 BC
36	MUV 38	Neck amphora	Related to the Red-line Painter Side A: Dionysus seated with Maenad dancing Side B: Two seated women.	500-490 BC
37	MUV 15	Lekythos	Main: Herakles fights Nemean lion	500-490 BC
38	MUV 73	Trefoil oinochoe	Painter of Vatican G 49 Main: hoplites crouching in ambush	500-475

Attic Black-figure and Red-figure Cups

39	MUV 13	Band cup	Side A: hoplite duel and riders Side B: ditto	540 BC
40	MUV 55	Lip cup	Gorgoneion tondo	540 BC
41	MUV 41	Cup	Sides A and B: Theseus and Minotaur	540-535 BC
42	MUV 69	Cup	Lip- ivy leaf pattern	540-520 BC
43	MUV 59	Cup	Tondo: eyes and maenads Side A: Dionysus reclining with rhyton Side B: ditto with lyre	520 BC
44	MUV 33	Cup	Epeleios Painter Athletes training	510-500 BC
45	MUV 32	Cup	Manner of the Epeleios Painter. Tondo: youth with wineskin; Pamphaios signature	510 BC

Attic Red-figure

46	MUV 17	Lekythos	Painter of Yale lekythos. Dionysus with kantharos	470 BC
47	MUV 72	Squat lekythos	Near the Carlsruhe Painter. Woman and scarf	450 BC
48	MUV 82	Column Krater	Comacchio Painter (I. McPhee) Side A: Pursuit scene. Side B: Three draped youths.	C. 450 BC.
49	MUV 00	Nolan amphora	Painter of Leningrad 702. Side A: Traveller's departure; Side B: youth	450-425 BC
50	MUV 18	Lekythos	Polygnotos (J. Oakley). Mistress and maid	440-430 BC
51	MUV 19	Trefoil oinochoe	Circle of Meidias Painter. Music lesson? Anthesteria	420-400 BC
52	MUV 29	Squat lekythos	Crawling baby	c.400 BC

Attic White-ground

53	MUV 81	Miniature lekythos	Net pattern	450 BC
54	MUV 20	Lekythos	Reed Painter Man and woman beside stele	430-420 BC

South Italian

55	MUV 42	Neck amphora	Campanian BF Hippocamps	510-490 BC
56	MUV 21	Bell krater	Campanian Rf. Boston Ready Painter	340-320 BC
57	MUV 77	Pagenstecher lekythos	Campanian. Comic figure	4th century BC
58	MUV 75	Skyphos	Lucanian rf. Boxer	400 BC
59	MUV 61	Oinochoe	Apulian rf. Felton Painter Heads	360-350 BC
60	MUV 34	Oinochoe	Apulian rf. Associate of the Lecce Painter Pan figure	360-350 BC
61	MUV 53	Lebes gamikos	Paestan rf. Associate of Asteas/Python workshop A: woman; B: bird	350-300 BC
62	MUV 51	Oinochoe	Gnathian	320-300 BC

Plain Black Wares - Attic and Campanian

63	MUV 70	Gallatin plate	Black glaze with dot pattern on rim	480 BC
64	MUV 71	Broad-based oinochoe	Campanian?	500-480 BC
65	MUV 36	Skyphos	Attic	470-440 BC
66	MUV 76	Lekanis and lid	Attic	425 BC
67	MUV 50	Guttus	Campanian	400-350 BC
68	MUV 78	Saltcellar	Attic	375-350 BC
69	MUV 49	Askos	Campanian?	350 BC
70	MUV 48	Bowl with stamped decoration.	Campanian	250 BC

Boeotian

71	MUV 67	Bell krater	Woman's head/palmette	400-380 BC
72	MUV 64	Kantharos	Black glaze - small	320-300 BC

Classification Uncertain

73	MUV 22	Bottle	Mycenaean ?	13th century BC
74	MUV 66	Mastoid skyphos with eyes	Corinthian?	500-450 BC
75	MUV 58	Cup Floral band	Attic/Italian/Boeotian?	Late 6th century BC
76	MUV 74	Black Figure Neck Amphora Male heads on neckband.	East Greek?	c. 550 BC

Supplement

Compiled by John Burke

The Heather Jackson vase (image map).

From the Vizard Foundation Antiquities (on loan):

Viz.Ant.17	Gnathian Oinochoe	4TH CENTURY BC
Viz.Ant.19	Gnathian Kantharos	4TH - 3RD CENTURY BC
Viz.Ant.20	Black Glaze Kylix	C. 350 BC
Viz.Ant.21	Attic Black-figure Lekythos	5TH CENTURY BC

From the Adams Collection (on loan):

Adams 14	Lucanian Red-figure Bell krater
Adams 15	Attic Black-figure Skyphos
Adams 16	Attic Black-figure Kylix
Adams 17A	Apulian Pyxis
Adams 17B	Apulian Lid of Pyxis

Some edited images at various sizes for higher-resolution viewing:

BF Amphora	Cat. no. 32	MUV 62	88 K	153 K	1.1 MB
RF Bell Krater	On loan	Adams 14	99 K	174 K	858 K

Date created:: 10 October 1999
Last modified:: 12 October 2011 09:18:45
Authoriser:: Head, Centre for Classics and Archaeology
Maintainer:: Andrew Stephenson, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies
Email:: andrewws@ unimelb.edu.au

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