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 (SOUTH ITALIAN, SICILIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (UNCERTAIN)
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lekythos
lekythos
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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BOWDOIN P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CARLSRUHE 237, GROUP
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENTS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (?), FRAGMENTS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (?), FRAGMENTS (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENTS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
SAPPHO P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TYMBOS WORKSHOP
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TYMBOS WORKSHOP
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Related to DIOSPHOS WORKSHOP by MOIGNARD
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
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