The Crater of Sacrifice
A crater is a big cup for mixing wine with water, a Greek and Roman habit. It is a Greek ‘bell crater’, made in Red-figure Attic pottery. On one side, the god Apollo and his entourage lead a pig to an altar to be sacrificed. One of them plays a diaulos (double-reeded flute, usual in religious ceremonies). On the other side there are two women and a man talking. The women have their hair gathered in a typical Greek bow. (425-320 BC,) Do you want to see this piece in 3D in our Sketchfab collection? Click here. Poble Nou necropolis…
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Guttus shaped foot with sandal
This guttus of attic ceramics made of black varnish was found carrying out trawling off the Vila beach, probably the boat that was carrying it lost it before reaching port. The gutti are small containers shaped like parts of the human body or animals. These vessels are very common in…
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The crater of the Amazons
The crater of the Amazons appeared in a 5th century BC tomb from the Poble Nou cemetery in Vilajoiosa. A crater is a big cup to mix wine with water, a custom of the Greeks and Romans. It is one of the best pieces in Vilamuseu because it is very…
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Greek terracota
Head of a ceramic sculpture of a young beardless Greek with curly hair. This look became fashionable after Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC. He wears a pileus, which is a felt or leather short-brimmed hat. This type of terracotta is known as a "Boeotian shepherd". It can…
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The cup of Dionisos
The skyphos of Dionysus on a donkey is a Greek cup dated from the end of the 6thcentury or the first half of the 5th century B.C. It is made using the technique called ‘black figured’. Outside of places such as the Greek colonies on the Gulf of Roses (Girona), black…
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