Ancient Greek Art

The museum displays a rich and varied collection of ancient Greek works of art dating from V - IV c. B. C., found in the Odryssian kings’ burial mounds near the villages of Duvanli and Chernozem, in Kaloyanovo district. The Ancient Greek Art collection consists of black-and-red-figured ceramics produced in the Attic workshops as well as of silver objects (kantharoses, phiales and skyphoses) decorated with gilt figures and Greek Pantheon mythological scenes. The collection also includes gold jewelry objects for adorning feminine bodies and clothing.

A pelike, depicting a guitar player, surrounded by goddesses of victory, Chervenkovi mogili, the town of Brezovo, Plovdiv region, V c. B. C.		An amphora presenting two scenes: the fight of Theseus against Procrustus and a scene with Dionysos, Moushovitsa, the village of Duvanli, Kaloyanovo district, VI - V c. B. C.		A hydria depicting a teoxenia – a feast of the Dioskuri, Bashova mogila, the village of Duvanli, Kaloyanovo district, V c. B. C.		1. A silver kantharos bearing the gilt images of Dionysos, a bacchante holding a doe in her hands, another dancing bacchante and a satyr, Golyama mogila, the village of Duvanli, Kaloyanovo district, V c. B. C. 2. A silver phiale (dish) bearing the gilt images of races with chariots, IV c. B. C. and 3. A silver cylix (a shallow cup on a tall stem) with gilt images of Selene, Bashova mogila, the village of Duvanli, Kaloyanovo district, V - VI c. B. C.