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
LEKYTHOS (WHITE PAINTED)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PALERMO 4, P OF
· -500 to -450
FIGURE VASE, LEKYTHOS (UNCERTAIN)
FIGURE VASE, LEKYTHOS (CORINTHIAN)
LEKYTHOS (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MUNICH SL 477, P OF
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BIRD P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ACHILLES P by DUNANT
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
AISCHINES P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
AISCHINES P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 TO -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MUNICH SL 477, P OF
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (CORINTHIAN)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (CORINTHIAN)
LEKYTHOS (CORINTHIAN)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BOWDOIN P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PROVIDENCE P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 TO -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PESCIA P
· -550 to -500
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