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
REED P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
REED P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
REED P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
REED P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BRYGOS P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BRYGOS P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BRYGOS P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BRYGOS P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
REED P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BOWDOIN P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Akin to KALINDERU GROUP by BEAZLEY
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
REED P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
REED P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BRYGOS P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TRIGLYPH P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TRIGLYPH P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TRIGLYPH P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TRIGLYPH P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TRIGLYPH P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TRIGLYPH P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TRIGLYPH P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TRIGLYPH P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
XENOPHANTOS P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
QUADRATE P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KALINDERU GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MUNICH SL 477, P OF
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KALINDERU GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Perhaps CAMBRIDGE 28.2, P OF by FELTEN
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PHANYLLIS GROUP E
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
FIGURE VASE, LEKYTHOS (CORINTHIAN)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KALINDERU GROUP
· -525 to -475
FIGURE VASE, LEKYTHOS (UNCERTAIN)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PALERMO 4, P OF
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KALINDERU GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PROVIDENCE P by PAPOUTSAKIS-SERBETIS
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (WHITE PAINTED)
LEKYTHOS (CORINTHIAN)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LOVRE CA 613, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (CORINTHIAN)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KALINDERU GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DELOS 547, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PHANYLLIS GROUP E
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KALINDERU GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN 2426, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LOVRE CA 613, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
EDINBURGH P by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN 2426, P OF
· -450 to -400
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