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
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BOWDOIN P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATHENS 1729, P OF* by LEZZI-HAFTER
· -450 TO -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ACHELOOS P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TRIGLYPH P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BOWDOIN POTTER
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
THESEUS P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BLACKNECK CLASS
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATHENS 1826, P OF
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
EMPORION P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
EDINBURGH P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATHENS 1729, P OF* by LEZZI-HAFTER
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-600 to -550
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Perhaps BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LITTLE-LION SHAPE
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PAN P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SYRISKOS P
· -500 to -450
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