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, RED-FIGURE)
RF
THANATOS P by BOSANQUET
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
THANATOS P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BIRD P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BIRD P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (GRECO-ROMAN)
LEKYTHOS (GRECO-ROMAN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BOSTON 08.291, P OF
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MINA P
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PHAROS P
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
FAT-RUNNER GROUP by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DAYBREAK P by HASPELS
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Connected with MICHIGAN P
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
MICHIGAN P
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Leagros Group
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
WRAITH P
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
WRAITH P
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
WRAITH P
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
WRAITH P
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
WRAITH P
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PHAROS P
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
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
· -525 to -475
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
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
STRAGGLY P
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
STRAGGLY P
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ACHELOOS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DOLPHIN GROUP
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HOPLITE-LEAVING-HOME, GROUP OF THE
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COCK GROUP
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COCK GROUP
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
EDINBURGH P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DIOSPHOS P
· -525 to -475
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
HAIMON GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON GROUP
· -525 to -475
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