Bilingual pottery (or, in the singular, a bilingual vase) is a term used to denote a type of late 6th-Century Attic terracotta vessel which presents on one side the earlier black figure painting style and on the other the later red figure style, sometimes showing the same scene. These appear at a time of style-change and may have been due to the uncertainty of the market for the new, red-figure style. These works were only produced for a short time as the red-figure technique quickly gained popularity.
Examples of bilingual pottery are known to have been produced by the Andokides Painter, the Lysippides Painter, Oltos and Psiax. Different shapes were produced using this technique: for instance, the painter Epiktetos produced bilingual cups, the Andokides Painter bilingual amphoras.
Gallery
 Bilingual amphora: Black figure side image of Heracles showing, black figured, Andokides Painter, Staatliche Antikensammlung of Munich |
 Bilingual amphora: Heracles, red figured, Andokides Painter, 520 B.C. |
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- Andocides painter 530 BC. Black figure side of "Bilingual" vase: Athena and Herakles.
- Lysippides painter 530 BC. Black figure side of "Bilingual" vase: Herakles & sacrificial bull.
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