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Lekythos

λήκυθος
101 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
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101 examples
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the Thanatos Painter · ca. 440–430 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Thanatos Painter · ca. 440–430 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
ca. 440–430 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Painter of Munich 2335 · ca. 440 BCE
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Achilles Painter · ca. 440 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Painter of the New York Hypnos · ca. 440–430 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Phiale Painter · ca. 440 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Klügmann Painter · ca. 440 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Achilles Painter · ca. 440 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Achilles Painter · ca. 440 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Phiale Painter · ca. 440–430 BCE
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
late 5th century BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Painter of Munich 2335 · ca. 430 BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the Group of London E 614 · late 5th century BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the manner of the Bird Painter · ca. 430 BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
late 5th century BCE
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar)
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar)
late 5th century BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the manner of the Bird Painter · ca. 420 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Woman Painter · ca. 420–400 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Painter of Berlin 2464 · ca. 420–410 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to a painter of Group R · ca. 420–400 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Triglyph Painter · ca. 420–400 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
ca. 420 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Quadrate Painter · ca. 420 BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
Attributed to the Quadrate Painter · ca. 420 BCE
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Washing Painter · ca. 420 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Painter of New York 23.160.41 · ca. 420 BCE
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the manner of the Meidias Painter · ca. 410 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
ca. 400–375 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) with an owl
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) with an owl
4th century BCE
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar)
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar)
early 4th century BCE
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar)
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar)
early 4th century BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
4th century BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
4th century BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) in the form of a sphinx
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) in the form of a sphinx
ca. 380–360 BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Associated in style with the Lecce Painter · ca. 375–350 BCE
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar)
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar)
mid-4th century BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Pagenstecher Class · mid-4th century BCE
Squat lekythos
Squat lekythos
ca. 350–300 BCE
Squat lekythos
Squat lekythos
Attributed to the APZ Painter · ca. 330–320 BCE
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
ca. 330–300 BCE
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