Single territory rights for trade books worldwide rights for academic books. Print and/or digital, including use in online academic databases. Web display, social media, apps or blogs. Personal presentation use or non-commercial, non-public use within a company or organization only. Terracotta volute-krater, c.450 BC (terracotta) Artist Greek school, (5th century BC) / Greek Location Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA Medium terracotta Date c. Not for commercial use, not for public display, not for resale. The firing was stopped before the slip turned red once again.Personal Prints, Cards, Gifts, Reference. The fresh oxygen supply turned the pottery back to red.

The kiln was then starved of oxygen and filled with carbon monoxide (by using wet fuel), causing the slip to turn black. Careful control of the firing process allowed Greek potters to oxidise the body of the pot, turning it red, by keeping the kiln well ventilated. The vase is decorated in the 'red figure' technique in which the areas surrounding the figures are painted in a slip (mixture of clay and water), leaving the red pottery showing through. Also available are free PDF, EPUB, and Kindle/MOBI downloads of the book. These formed the nucleus for Hope's own collection of vases, which he displayed at Duchess Street. 10: Athenian Red-Figure Column and Volute Kraters Despoina Tsiafakis.

In 1801 Hope purchased the second collection of ancient vases formed by Sir William Hamilton, formerly the British Ambassador to the Naples court.

(1807), illustrating objects he had designed for his London house at Duchess Street. The most important of these publications was Household Furniture and Interior Decoration. The vase was once owned by Thomas Hope (1769-1831), the collector, connoisseur, patron and designer, who published a number of influential books of designs. The krater was an ancient Greek vase with two handles that was used to mix wine and water.

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