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)
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BETH PELET P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
GELA P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Douris
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KLÜGMANN P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BIRD P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BOWDOIN P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
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
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 by BEAZLEY
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PHIALE P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PHIALE P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PHIALE P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PHIALE P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Polion
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CARLSRUHE P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 TO -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 TO -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
QUADRATE P by FREYER-SCHAUENBURG
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BIRD P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SEIRENISKE P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PROVIDENCE P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
INSCRIPTION P by WEHGARTNER
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BIRD GROUP
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PALMETTE AND SWAN GROUP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (CRETAN GEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN PROTOGEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by DUNANT
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P by DUNANT
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN PROTOGEOMETRIC)
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