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  2. Lèbes gamikòs - Wikipedia

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    The lèbes gamikòs or "nuptial lebes" (pl.: lèbetes gamikòi) is a form of ancient Greek pottery used in marriage ceremonies (literally, it means marriage vase). It was probably used in the ritual sprinkling of the bride with water before the wedding. In form, it has a large bowl-like body and a stand that can be long or short.

  3. Typology of Greek vase shapes - Wikipedia

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    Typology of Greek vase shapes. A Nolan amphora, a type with a longer and narrower neck than usual, from Nola. Attic komast cup, a variety of kylix, Louvre. Diagram of the parts of a typical Athenian vase, in this case a volute krater. The pottery of ancient Greece has a long history and the form of Greek vase shapes has had a continuous ...

  4. Flower bouquet - Wikipedia

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    Flower bouquet. A flower bouquet is a collection of flowers in a creative arrangement. Flower bouquets can be arranged for the decor of homes or public buildings or may be handheld. Several popular shapes and styles classify handheld bouquets, including nosegay, crescent, and cascading bouquets. Flower bouquets are often given for special ...

  5. Take the centerpiece, leave the vase? 20+ ways to be ... - AOL

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    Take your wedding favor home. The couple has already paid for it, and they definitely don’t want to take them back home with them. Don’t applaud during the ceremony. It’s best to just wait ...

  6. Floral design - Wikipedia

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    Vases and other containers are used to hold the arrangement. They often lend to the final look of a piece, and come in a variety of shapes and sizes to suit numerous types of projects. Floral foam is a piece of dense foam that holds moisture and keeps flowers in place. Most floral foam has a specific container that can hold the foam without ...

  7. Pottery of ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    The pottery produced in Archaic and Classical Greece included at first black-figure pottery, yet other styles emerged such as red-figure pottery and the white ground technique. Styles such as West Slope Ware were characteristic of the subsequent Hellenistic period, which saw vase painting's decline.

  8. David Vases - Wikipedia

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    Blue and white. Medium. Porcelain. Dimensions. 63.5 cm × 20.5 cm (25.0 in × 8.1 in) Location. British Museum, London. The David Vases are a pair of blue-and-white temple vases from the Yuan dynasty . The vases have been described as the "best-known porcelain vases in the world" [1] and among the most important blue-and-white Chinese porcelains.

  9. Wedding Painter - Wikipedia

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    red-figure Spain private collection. name vase ca. Louvre. Wedding Painter is the conventional name for an ancient Greek vase painter active in Athens from circa 480 to 460 BC. He painted in the red-figure technique. His name vase is a pyxis in the Louvre depicting the wedding of Thetis and Peleus .

  10. Vase - Wikipedia

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    A vase ( / veɪs / or / vɑːz /) is an open container. It can be made from a number of materials, such as ceramics, glass, non- rusting metals, such as aluminium, brass, bronze, or stainless steel. Even wood has been used to make vases, either by using tree species that naturally resist rot, such as teak, or by applying a protective coating to ...

  11. Floristry - Wikipedia

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    A wedding bouquet of cymbidium arranged by a florist. Floristry is the production, commerce, and trade in flowers. It encompasses flower care and handling, floral design and arrangement, merchandising, production, display and flower delivery. Wholesale florists sell bulk flowers and related supplies to professionals in the trade.