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Red-figure pottery
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volute krater Figure 119: Revelling satyrs, Attic psykter (wine cooler) in the red-figure style, signed by Douris, c. 480 BC. In the British Museum. Height 28.6 cm. Hades and Persephone Athenian red-figure cup, detail of a bearded reveler by the Brygos Painter, c. 490 bc; in the Louvre, Paris. Odysseus slaying the suitors, detail of a red-figure skyphos from Tarquinii, c. 450 bc; in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ger.

Red-figure pottery: References & Edit History

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Article title updated for style. Nov 07, 2026
Replaced photograph. Aug 24, 2017
Modified title of Web site: Ancient History Encyclopedia - Red-Figure Pottery. Mar 30, 2016
Add new Web site: Ancient History Encyclopedia - Red-Figure Pottery. Dec 01, 2014
Add new Web site: Kidipede History for Kids -Greek Red-Figure Pottery. Dec 01, 2014
Article revised and updated. Jul 09, 2008
Added new Web site: The Achilles Painter, by John H. Oakley, The College of William and Mary in Virginia. Jun 20, 2006
Added new Web site: The Achilles Painter, by John H. Oakley, The College of William and Mary in Virginia. Jun 20, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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