Euboean vase painting

The finds from the cemeteries of Toumba, Skoubris, and Palia, as well as from the settlements at Lefkandi and Xeropolis demonstrate the wealth of the island at that time.

Some experimentation took place with added colours (red and white) and with figural motifs (animals and humans).

The influences were more evidently Attic and East Greek than from the true centre of the orientalising style, Corinth.

Very large amphorae, derived from shapes of the 7th century, had conical lips and often showed images related to weddings.

Typical of Eretrian black-figure pottery is the restricted use of incision and the regular use of white paint for floral ornaments.

Apart from images orientated on Attic tradition, there was also wilder imagery, such as the rape of a deer by a satyr, or Herakles with centaurs and daimons.