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
SEIRENISKE P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SEIRENISKE P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SEIRENISKE P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Akin to ICARUS P by BEAZLEY
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BOWDOIN P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BOWDOIN P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
APOLLONIA GROUP
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BOSANQUET P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DIOSPHOS P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATHENS 12778, P OF by BEAZLEY
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BIRD P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ALEXANDRE P by LEZZI-HAFTER
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
QUADRATE P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BOSANQUET P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
SAPPHO P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LM P
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
AGORA P 16879, P OF
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MAYENCE SPHINX, P OF
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
QUADRATE P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BOSANQUET P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MAYENCE SPHINX, P OF
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
QUADRATE P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by VOS
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 TO -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (CORINTHIAN)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DIOSPHOS P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LONDON E 614, GROUP OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Related to VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NIKON P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MAYENCE SPHINX, P OF
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MAYENCE SPHINX, P OF
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COCK GROUP
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COCK GROUP
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LM P
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COCK GROUP
· -550 to -500
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