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, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CARLSRUHE P by FREL
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CARLSRUHE P by BEAZLEY
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CARLSRUHE P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CARLSRUHE P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CARLSRUHE P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CARLSRUHE P by BEAZLEY
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Perhaps BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATL CLASS by BEAZLEY
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATL CLASS by BEAZLEY
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATL CLASS by BEAZLEY
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATL CLASS by BEAZLEY
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATL CLASS by BEAZLEY
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATL CLASS by BEAZLEY
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATL CLASS by BEAZLEY
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
VIENNA 1089, P OF
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
VIENNA 1089, P OF
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
VIENNA 1089, P OF
· -400 to -300
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, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BIRD P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MINA P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PARIS GIGANTOMACHY, P OF THE
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TYMBOS P by BEAZLEY
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BELDAM P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TYMBOS P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TYMBOS P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SABOUROFF P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SABOUROFF P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ORVIETO 191A, P OF
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PENTHESILEA P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DIOSPHOS P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SABOUROFF P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SABOUROFF P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
DESSYPRI P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LONDON E 636, P OF
· -475 to -425
FIGURE VASE, LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
INSCRIPTION P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TYMBOS P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ACHILLES P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ACHILLES P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ACHILLES P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ACHILLES P
· -475 to -425
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