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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
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10092 examples
Terracotta fragment of a squat lekythos (oil flask)?
Terracotta fragment of a squat lekythos (oil flask)?
second half of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)?
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)?
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)?
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)?
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)?
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)?
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a squat lekythos (oil flask)?
Terracotta fragment of a squat lekythos (oil flask)?
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)?
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)?
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)?
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)?
490–470 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Lekythos
Attic Black-Figure Lekythos
BF Phanyllis Group, E, the Group of "Hoplite-leaving-home" · about 530 B.C.
Terracotta fragment of a squat lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta fragment of a squat lekythos (oil flask)
last quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a squat lekythos (oil flask)?
Terracotta fragment of a squat lekythos (oil flask)?
4th century BCE
Lekythos
Lekythos
BF Attributed to the Capodimonte Group · late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta fragments of a lekythos (oil flask)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of a lekythos (oil flask)?
Terracotta fragments of a lekythos (oil flask)?
second half of the 4th century BCE
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF HAIMON P · -525 TO -475
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos (Aryballos)
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos (Aryballos)
RF 525-500 v. Chr.
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos
RF 525-500 v. Chr.
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos (Aryballos, rf.)
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos (Aryballos, rf.)
RF 525-500 v. Chr.
Attic Black-figure Lekythos: Warrior's Departure
Attic Black-figure Lekythos: Warrior's Departure
BF c. 520 BCE
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF CompareLITTLE-LION CLASS · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF COCK GROUP · -525 TO -475
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos (Aryballos)
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos (Aryballos)
RF 525-500 v. Chr.
Lekythos (oil flask): Goddess Mounting Chariot
Lekythos (oil flask): Goddess Mounting Chariot
BF c. 520-480 BCE
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF ATHENA P · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF ATHENS 581, CLASS OF · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF -525 TO -475
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos (Aryballos)
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos (Aryballos)
RF 525-500 v. Chr.
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF GELA P · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF CompareBELDAM WORKSHOP · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF GELA P · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF CompareHAIMON P · -525 TO -475
Lekythos (oil flask): Charioteer with Horses
Lekythos (oil flask): Charioteer with Horses
BF c. 520-480 BCE
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF COCK GROUP · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF ATHENS 581, CLASS OF · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF COCK GROUP · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF CORCHIANO GROUP · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF CompareSAPPHO P by GIUDICELITTLE-LION CLASS · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF HAIMON P · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF CompareHAIMON P · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF Manner ofHAIMON P · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF COCK GROUP · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF ATHENA P · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF ATHENS 581, CLASS OF · -525 TO -475
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
BF Attributed to a painter associated with the Michigan Class · late 6th century BCE
LEKYTHOS (UNCERTAIN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (UNCERTAIN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF EMPORION P · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF LITTLE-LION CLASS · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF Manner ofHAIMON P · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF Manner ofHAIMON P · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF CompareHAIMON P · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF Manner ofHAIMON P · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF Manner ofHAIMON P · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF BELDAM WORKSHOP · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF ATHENS 581, CLASS OF · -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF COCK GROUP · -525 TO -475
Terracotta lekythos
Terracotta lekythos
the Cock Painter · last quarter of the 6th century BCE
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