Oon
As Oon ( give a wiki. Ὠόν oon "egg") is a special form of ancient Greek fine ceramics is called.
The oon is a rare egg-shaped vase. It was made as a grave goods and mainly shows burial scenes. The vessels were mainly decorated in the black -figure style , but also in the red-figure style and the Six's technique . The five to ten centimeter high vases were only made in the attic . The name Oon is the original name from ancient times.
literature
- John Boardman : Black-Figure Vases from Athens. A handbook (= cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 1). von Zabern, Mainz 1977, ISBN 3-8053-0233-9 , pp. 195, 207f.
Web links
- Presentation of different vase shapes (English)