Commission for the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum
As part of a research project of the Union Académique Internationale begun in 1921, the Inter-Academic Commission for the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum (CVA) publishes the holdings of ancient Greek and Italian pottery vessels in German museums.
Vessels illustrated with scenes taken from everyday life, myth, religious observance, the theatre or historical events are important sources for the history of religion, society, art, popular beliefs and other aspects of the ancient world. The vessels themselves, irrespective of their illustration, form a material basis for research into the history of trade and technology as well as archaeometry (the science of the materials used in ancient artefacts).
Older volumes of the CVA are available online since 2004: www.cvaonline.org.
Bell Crater with depiption of a crockery factory. 5th century BC