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
squat lekythos
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
squat lekythos
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
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, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COCK GROUP
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DIOSPHOS WORKSHOP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON GROUP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON GROUP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON GROUP
· -500 to -450
LEBES (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
WASHING P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
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