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
LONDON E 614, GROUP OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
REED P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BRYGOS P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ALKIMACHOS P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Imitation of AISCHINES P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
REED P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN 2464, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BRYGOS P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BLACKNECK CLASS
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P by VOS
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KLÜGMANN P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
REED P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN PROTOGEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
WOMAN P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
OREITHYIA P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Perhaps BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
OREITHYIA P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
REED P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
DOURIS by ORTIZ
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NEW YORK HYPNOS, P OF THE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SYRACUSE P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
REED P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CARTELLINO P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
REED P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
M.M. 380, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DOLPHIN GROUP
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Akin to AISCHINES P by BEAZLEY
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Akin to AISCHINES P by BEAZLEY
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Akin to AISCHINES P by BEAZLEY
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Akin to AISCHINES P by BEAZLEY
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TWO-ROW P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
INSCRIPTION P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
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
COCK GROUP
· -525 to -475
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