Red figure pottery grew in popularity and by the early 5th century bce it had all but replaced black figure pottery as the predominant pottery type in athens.
Attic red figure.
The greek gods and cults and the attic heroes suggest a special commission for a wealthy athenian yet the vase once in sir william hamilton s collection would have been exported to southern italy in antiquity.
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Attic potters benefitted from the excellent iron rich clay found in attica.
Only few centres of pottery production could compete with athens in terms of innovation quality and production capacity.
The last recorded examples of attic red figure pottery are.
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Red figure with a moulded female head white with gilding and added colour style.
High quality attic black figure vases have a uniform glossy pitch black coating and the color.
Red figure pottery is a style of greek vase painting that was invented in athens around 530 bce.
For a long time they dominated the market for fine ceramics.
Of the red figure vases produced in athens alone more than 40 000 specimens and fragments.
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The style is characterized by drawn red figures and a painted black background.
Red figure with purple white dilute washes and gilding style.