2. Interior of a kylix.
Gerhard, Auserlesene Vasenbilder, pls. CLXXX-CLXXXI.
Youth holding the rim of a large krater with both hands. He is sometimes interpreted as a potter working on a vase; but there is no clear connection with pottery work.
POTTER’S IMPLEMENTS
Unfortunately very few potter’s implements of classical Greek times have survived. We have no Athenian wheel or kiln or turning tools. And even from other periods the list of such utensils is a slim one. But what has survived here and there from other periods is in line with the general trend of the evidence—that the techniques in ancient times were very similar to what they are today. Perhaps the most interesting pieces are the terracotta disks found at Gournia, Arezzo, and elsewhere,[57] which are wheel-heads[58] on which the pottery was thrown and turned. On the under side of some of these is a hole for insertion in the pivot (fig. [87]).
Fig. 87. Wheel-head
British Museum, Guide to Greek and Roman Life (2d Edition), p. 181, fig. 217
The potter’s tools found at Arezzo (fig. [88])[59] are not unlike our modern modeling tools and were doubtless used for various finishing processes.
