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, BRONZE AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, BRONZE 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 (CORINTHIAN)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS (PROTOGEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENA P
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BOWDOIN POTTER
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PROVIDENCE P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SABOUROFF P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SABOUROFF P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Related to ACHILLES P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
THANATOS P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ACHILLES P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
THANATOS P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BIRD P by BEAZLEY
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BIRD P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BIRD P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
QUADRATE P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
QUADRATE P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
QUADRATE P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CORINTH LEKYTHOS, P OF by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NEW YORK HYPNOS, P OF THE by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ROBINSON PLATE 44, P OF by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
WOMAN P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
WOMAN P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
WOMAN P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
REED P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Perhaps TRIGLYPH P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
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