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, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HOPLITE-LEAVING-HOME, GROUP OF THE by DUNANT
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HOPLITE-LEAVING-HOME, GROUP OF THE by DUNANT
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HOPLITE-LEAVING-HOME, GROUP OF THE by DUNANT
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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REED P by DUNANT
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
GROUP R by DUNANT
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P by DUNANT
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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PHANYLLIS P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
HOUSTON P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATHENS 1826, P OF
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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Perhaps HAIMON P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
FAT-RUNNER GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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LITTLE-LION CLASS
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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PAN P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
EDINBURGH P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COCK GROUP
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
STRAGGLY P
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
DOURIS by LEZZI-HAFTER
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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COCK GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DIOSPHOS P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 TO -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Lydos
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ANTIMENES P
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BOWDOIN P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PROVIDENCE P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BRYGOS P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DIOSPHOS P by ZIMMERMANN-ELSEIFY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
SAPPHO P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PHOLOS P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON GROUP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENA P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P by VOS
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
SAPPHO P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ACHILLES P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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ACHILLES P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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EDINBURGH P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MAYENCE SPHINX, P OF
· -425 to -375
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