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 (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BLACKNECK CLASS by ZIMMERMANN-ELSEIFY
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
THESEUS P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
THESEUS P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENA P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENA P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENA P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENA P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
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, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, PAESTAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, PAESTAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, PAESTAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, PAESTAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, SICILIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LENTINI P
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, SICILIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, SICILIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, SICILIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, SICILIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (BOEOTIAN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (BOEOTIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (BOEOTIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (BOEOTIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (BOEOTIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ETRUSCAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ETRUSCAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ETRUSCAN)
LEKYTHOS (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
FIGURE VASE, LEKYTHOS (EAST GREEK)
LEKYTHOS (EAST GREEK)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (CALENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
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