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, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CHARIOT P by QUINTON
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, PAESTAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BOEOTIAN SILHOUETTE GROUP
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (CRETAN)
LEKYTHOS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEKYTHOS (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ETRUSCAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ETRUSCAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (EAST GREEK, SAMIAN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (CALENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (CALENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (CALENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (CALENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (CALENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (CALENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (CALENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (CALENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (CALENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (CALENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, ADDED COLOUR)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, ADDED COLOUR)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, ADDED COLOUR)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
FIGURE VASE, LEKYTHOS (CANOSAN)
FIGURE VASE, LEKYTHOS (CANOSAN, RELIEF)
FIGURE VASE, LEKYTHOS (CANOSAN)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON GROUP
· -525 to -475
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