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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BIRD P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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BIRD P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MEIDIAS P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MEIDIAS P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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SHUVALOV P by LEZZI-HAFTER
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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STRAGGLY P
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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REED P
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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REED P
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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REED P
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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REED P
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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SABOUROFF P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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SABOUROFF P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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SABOUROFF P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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SABOUROFF P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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SABOUROFF P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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SABOUROFF P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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SABOUROFF P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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SABOUROFF P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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CAMBRIDGE 28.2, P OF by BEAZLEY
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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HOUSTON P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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HOUSTON P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF by BEAZLEY
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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Perhaps MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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MUNICH 2335, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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PROVIDENCE P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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PL CLASS
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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Related to ICARUS P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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DESSYPRI P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LONDON E 636, P OF
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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COPENHAGEN 6442, GROUP OF
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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Polion
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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AISCHINES P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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BETH PELET P
· -475 to -425
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