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, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
LEKYTHOS (CORINTHIAN)
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
aryballos; lekythos
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (UNCERTAIN)
lekythos
lekythos
lekythos
LEKYTHOS (ITALIOTE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS (PUNIC)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (UNCERTAIN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (UNCERTAIN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, WHITE SLIP WARE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
FIGURE VASE, LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, POLYCHROME)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN PROTOGEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
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LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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PROVIDENCE P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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SABOUROFF P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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SABOUROFF P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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Related to ACHILLES P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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THANATOS P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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ACHILLES P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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THANATOS P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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BIRD P by BEAZLEY
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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BIRD P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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BIRD P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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QUADRATE P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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QUADRATE P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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QUADRATE P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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CORINTH LEKYTHOS, P OF by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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NEW YORK HYPNOS, P OF THE by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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ROBINSON PLATE 44, P OF by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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WOMAN P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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WOMAN P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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WOMAN P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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REED P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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Perhaps TRIGLYPH P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-450 to -400
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