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)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PHANYLLIS GROUP
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DOLPHIN GROUP
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 TO -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KALINDERU GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ACHILLES P by UNKNOWN
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ACHILLES P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CAMBRIDGE 28.2, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENA P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 TO -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
AISCHINES P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ACHILLES P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KERCH
· -400 TO -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DIOSPHOS P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 TO -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BOWDOIN P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENA P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
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)
RF
ACHILLES P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
EDINBURGH P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MAYENCE SPHINX, P OF
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ANTIMENES P
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BOWDOIN P by PAROVIC-PESIKAN
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DIOSPHOS P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
SAPPHO P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-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
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)