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
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)?
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a squat lekythos (oil flask)
470–450 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Lekythos
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Phanyllis Group, E, the Group of "Hoplite-leaving-home"
· about 530 B.C.
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a squat lekythos (oil flask)?
second half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
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Attributed to the Painter of New York 07
· ca. 530 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)
6th/5th centuries BCE
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON GROUP
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 TO -475
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos (Aryballos)
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525-500 v. Chr.
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos
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525-500 v. Chr.
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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CompareBELDAM WORKSHOP
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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-525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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COCK GROUP
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HAIMON P
· -525 TO -475
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos (Aryballos)
RF
525-500 v. Chr.
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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Manner ofHAIMON P
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 TO -475
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos (Aryballos, rf.)
RF
525-500 v. Chr.
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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GELA P
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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COCK GROUP
· -525 TO -475
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
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Attributed to a painter associated with the Michigan Class
· late 6th century BCE
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos (Aryballos)
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525-500 v. Chr.
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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COCK GROUP
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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CompareATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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-525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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COCK GROUP
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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LITTLE-LION CLASS
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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LITTLE-LION CLASS
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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CompareLITTLE-LION CLASS
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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COCK GROUP
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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CompareHAIMON P
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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CompareHAIMON P
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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Manner ofHAIMON P
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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Manner ofHAIMON P
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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Manner ofHAIMON P
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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Manner ofHAIMON P
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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Manner ofHAIMON P
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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COCK GROUP
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENA P
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENA P
· -525 TO -475
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
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the Painter of Vatican G.49
· late 6th–early 5th century BCE
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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PHANYLLIS GROUP
· -525 TO -475
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