Vases Lekythos
Shape

Lekythos

λήκυθος
101 vases
A narrow-necked flask for oil, often used as a funerary offering placed in or on the grave. White-ground lekythoi bear some of the most beautiful and haunting images in Greek art — scenes of mourning, farewell, and the boundary between life and death.
Function & Use
Oil flask; funerary offering
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101 examples
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the Leagros Group ·
Squat lekythos
Squat lekythos
Terracotta pointed aryballos (oil flask)
Terracotta pointed aryballos (oil flask)
late 7th–early 6th century BCE
Terracotta conical lekythos (vase for oil)
Terracotta conical lekythos (vase for oil)
ca. 700 BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
7th century BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Pharos Painter · ca. 550 BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
6th century BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
ca. 500 BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the Capodimonte Group · late 6th century BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Painter of New York 07 · ca. 530 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to a painter associated with the Michigan Class · late 6th century BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Painter of New York 07 · ca. 520 BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
ca. 500 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Diosphos Painter · ca. 500 BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the Diosphos Painter · ca. 500 BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
1st quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracottas lekythos (oil flask)
Terracottas lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Sappho Painter · ca. 500–490 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Marathon Painter · early 5th century BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the Painter of Athens 9690 · ca. 500–490 BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
1st quarter of 5th century BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the Edinburgh Painter · ca. 500 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Sappho Painter · ca. 500–490 BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the Athena Painter · 1st quarter of 5th century BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the Emporion Painter · ca. 500 BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the Athena Painter · 1st quarter of 5th century BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the Class of Athens 581 · early 5th century BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the Kephisophon Painter · ca. 500–490 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Class of Athens 581.1 · ca. 490 BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the Krotala Painter · ca. 500–490 BCE
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
5th century BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Athena Painter · 1st quarter of 5th century BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Dutuit Painter · ca. 490 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Brygos Painter · ca. 490–480 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Workshop of the Bowdoin Painter · ca. 480 BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the Painter of Palermo 4 · ca. 480–470 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Providence Painter · ca. 480–470 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
The Berlin Painter · ca. 480 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Brygos Painter · ca. 480 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil jar)
Terracotta lekythos (oil jar)
Attributed to the Bowdoin Painter · ca. 480–470 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Icarus Painter · 2nd quarter of the 5th century BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the Tymbos Painter · 2nd quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar)
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Painter of the Yale Lekythos · ca. 470–460 BCE
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Painter of Oxford 1920 · ca. 470–460 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Workshop of the Nikon Painter · ca. 470–460 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to an artist near the Villa Giulia Painter · ca. 460 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Carlsruhe Painter · ca. 460–450 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Inscription Painter · ca. 460 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Achilles Painter · ca. 450–440 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Sabouroff Painter · ca. 450 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to an artist related to the Achilles Painter · ca. 450–440 BCE
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Washing Painter · ca. 430–420 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Achilles Painter · ca. 450 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Sabouroff Painter · ca. 450 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
ca. 440 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Bosanquet Painter · ca. 440–430 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Bosanquet Painter · ca. 440–430 BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the Painter of the New York Hypnos · ca. 440–430 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Painter of Athens 1934 · ca. 440–430 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Achilles Painter · ca. 440 BCE
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