International Head of Antiquities G. Max Bernheimer surveys some magnificent Greek vases.
For a civilisation that disappeared 2,000 years ago, the ancient Greeks left a great deal behind: philosophy, democracy, poetry, architecture, and an extensive corpus of vases, which comprise a large part of the archaeological record.
Their enduring popularity is reflected in the breadth of their influence on contemporary art — as seen in the pottery of Grayson Perry and Picasso, and in the paintings of de Chirico and Jonas Wood.
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Very beautiful!
Selling ancient art and antiquities is illegal. This is a disgrace!
It’s not illegal
I want an apulian or an attic type but the erotic one..
Saucy
Love this stuff really cool
These kind of things must be returned to Greece’s ministry of antiquities, not sold off at auctions. Sorry but that is taking a country’s history away from it which is something not good at all. People should not have ancient items of immense historical importance at their homes. They should instead be safe in museums of their respective country and origin.
@Kyriakos Christoforou
Greece is the highlight of corruption because they tanked their economy most western nations havet fall prey to such financial mismanagement
Oooh give me a break… All counties in the “West” have made countless irresponsible financial decisions. They just throw everything under the rug because they don’t won’t to be portrayed as corrupt. We only talk about Greece’s debt and political corruption when in reality it’s equally as bad everywhere else. Plus, my initial comment was clearly from historical standpoint stressing how Greece’s historical artifacts have ended up everywhere else as it they’re some kind of souvenirs for everyone to keep for themselves.
Have a good day.
@Kyriakos Christoforou
All countries have corruption but no ones gone bankrupt like Greece
I don’t agree at all but anyhow. We can all have different opinions.
@Kyriakos Christoforou
It’s not a matter of agreeing, the fact that Greece is bankrupt is fact not a subject for debate. Fiscal mismanagement and unstable government administration lead to financial collapse. End of story.
2:57 an ICUP
lol
a different video just said they are rare. and here we are at an auction company selling to some rich kids to put it in a special warehouse 😑 never seen again. so who cares about condition
“Kid”? It’s probably be some geriatric who’s gonna buy it
Are they still auctioning these stuff? If only I have a money, I would have bid. Especially Athenian potteries.
Yes, I think they are for sale.
These should be in a museum, and not in your hands.
No, they should be on the market.
Dont drop it now!
I have some Greek vases that were made in Rhodes i love them ! Mine have greek goddesses on them with a tribal style design x
Really?
Indeed today it’s illegal to sell greek antiquities that comes from an excavation or a site but most likely these came from private collections that are established, catalogued and are known to the ministry. Also, there are many times you hear that an artifact came up for auction that known as being stolen and the culprit is captured and the artifact is returned to Greece. There is a special unit that deals with this stuff and they collaborate with all the big auction houses in the world.
This is also the same reason why metal detecting in Greece is usually not allowed or you have to get a special permit because you will easily find something ancient without having to search too hard.
Those laws don’t apply to rich people
Unfortunately the vases shown in these videos are fake, and copies. If he were holding them like that he would be in jail
@Henry Livingstone shmuck 😂😂 you’d be surprised the amount of damage some archeologist cause to delicate artefacts.
@Sagida Syed
But that’s cuz they have to extract artifacts from dirt and rubble. This guy obviously isn’t an archaeologist, he’s either a conservationist, a scholar, or an academic in the field of ancient classical artifacts.
@Henry Livingstone yeah, at the end of the day only metals shouldn’t be handled without gloves CUZ hands release damaging oils. What do you think?
@Sagida Syed
It is industry standard to use nitrile or latex when doing conservation work on different kinds of media. So I’d guess it depends on the piece in question.
@Henry Livingstonesorry, media 🤔🤔
All those objects should be in a museum and not in private hands!
Because rich people
@Nic holas Should be forbidden.
Have you dropped a ceramic before? That is my only question.
“for wine”