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 (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, ADDED COLOUR)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, ADDED COLOUR)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, ADDED COLOUR)
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (PUNIC)
LEKYTHOS (PROTOGEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (UNCERTAIN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, WHITE SLIP WARE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
FIGURE VASE, LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, POLYCHROME)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HOPLITE-LEAVING-HOME, GROUP OF THE by GAUNT
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LM P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CLASS CL
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (CORINTHIAN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
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