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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Publication of the Committee on Education
THE CRAFT OF ATHENIAN POTTERY
by GISELA M. A. RICHTER
* * * * * *
OF THIS BOOK
500 COPIES WERE PRINTED
IN MAY 1923
500 ADDITIONAL COPIES
WERE PRINTED
IN MARCH 1924
* * * * * *
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
THE CRAFT OF ATHENIAN POTTERY
An Investigation of the
Technique of Black-Figured and
Red-Figured Athenian Vases
by
GISELA M. A. RICHTER, LITT.D.
Associate Curator, Department of Classical Art
[Illustration]
New Haven
Yale University Press
London · Humphrey Milford · Oxford University Press
MDCCCCXXIV
Copyright 1923 by the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
_Page_
List of Illustrations vii
Preface xi
Chapter I. Technical Processes in the Making of Modern Pottery
and their Application to the Technique of Ancient Vases 1
Preparation of the Clay 1
Ingredients and Properties 1
Washing 2
Wedging 2
Fashioning the Vases 4
(1) Wheelwork 4
Types of Wheel 4
Throwing 7
Turning 10
Work in Sections 15
Polishing 19
Attachment of handles 20
(2) Building 26
(3) Moulding 27
Firing the Vases 29
Production of Temperature 29
Types of Kilns 32
Packing the Kiln 34
Firing 35
Number of Firings 37
Injuries in the Firing 44
Glazing 47
Red Ochre Wash 53
Were Athenian Vases Made for Every-Day Use? 59