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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
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
| 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 | |