Shape
Lekythos
λήκυθος
10092 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
10092 examples
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LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P
· -500 to -450
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON GROUP
· -500 to -450
FIGURE VASE, LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN)
FIGURE VASE, LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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THESEUS P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENA P by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
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