Classic-Style Handmade Amphora (32.5cm/12.79”)

The Classical Period of ancient Greece (500-336 B.C.) was a time when the Greeks achieved new heights in art, architecture, theater, and philosophy. The Classical Period began with the Greek victory over the Persians and a new feeling of self-confidence in the Greek world. This was a war for freedom, and the Greeks would continue on, free from Persian rule.On one side it is depicted Semeli (a priestess of Zeus) and Hermes (the messenger of the Gods) and on the other Gaia (the ancestral mother of all life), Poseidon (the God of the sea) and Aris (the God of war) .