Vase

There is a long history of the form and function of the vase in nearly all developed cultures, and often ceramic objects are the only artistic evidence left from vanished cultures. In the beginning stages of pottery, the coiling method of building was the most utilized technique to make pottery. The coiling method is the act of working the clay into long cylindrical strips that later become smooth walls. == Potter's wheel ==

The potter's wheel was probably invented in Mesopotamia by the 4th millennium BCE, but spread across nearly all Eurasia and much of Africa, though it remained unknown in the New World until the arrival of Europeans. The earliest discovery of the origins of the potter's wheel was in southern Iraq. The discovery of this technique was beneficial to the people of south Iraq because it served as a substitute for their previous inefficient traditions. Upon this new technique, it would then grow gradually and even be adopted for the use of decorating pottery. == Garden vase ==

Garden vases are usually V-shaped but they can also be cylindrical or bowl-shaped. They are usually made of ceramic or, today, plastic. Examples are the Torlonia Vase and the Medici Vase in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. == Shapes ==

Terracotta lekanis (dish) MET DP114253.jpg|Detail of a red-figure lekanis; 365–350 BC; terracotta; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) Getty Villa - Mixing Vessel with a deceased youth - inv.96.AE.117.jpg|Red-figure mixing vessel; 330-320 BC; terracotta; from Apulia (south Italy); Getty Villa (Los Angeles, USA) Marble calyx-krater with reliefs of maidens and dancing maenads MET DT4541.jpg|Roman calyx krater with reliefs of maidens and dancing maenads; 1st century AD; Pentelic marble; height: 80.7 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art Codex-Style Vase with Mythological Scene MET DP-579-002.jpg|Maya codex-style vase with a mythological scene; 7th–8th century; ceramic; height: 19 cm, diameter: 11.2 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art Two flasks with dragons.jpg|Two Chinese flasks with dragons; 1403–1424; underglaze blue porcelain; height (the left one): 47.8 cm, height (the right one): 44.6 cm; British Museum (London) Vase MET DT3700.jpg|An example of Delftware; circa 1690; tin-glazed earthenware; height: 72.4 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mar - Vase with Three Rams' Heads - 1989.321 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif|Chinese vase with three rams' heads; 1736–1795; cloisonné enamel; diameter: 9.4 cm, overall: 14 cm; from Jingdezhen (Jiangxi province, China); Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) Vase (one of a pair) MET DP214514.jpg|Rococo vase; circa 1761; soft paste porcelain; height: 24.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art Tuinvaas gedecoreerd met de Winter en de Lente Twee tuinvazen met de vier seizoenen, BK-16444-A.jpg|Garden vase decorated with summer and autumn; 1714; marble; height: 146 cm; Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) Vase with cover (one of a pair) MET DP103165 (cropped).jpg|Neoclassical vases with covers; 1784–1795; soft-paste porcelain; height (with cover): 47.6 cm; made at the Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro; Metropolitan Museum of Art Vase with cover (vase des âges) (one of a pair) MET DP-13079-025.jpg|French vase with cover (vase des âges); 1788; soft-paste porcelain; height: 49.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art Gallé - Vase with clematis flowers.jpg|Art Nouveau vase with clematis flowers; by Émile Gallé; circa 1900; from Nancy; Budapest Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest, Hungary) == Material types ==

• Ceramic • Crystal • Glass • Metal • Plastic • Porcelain • Wood ==See also==