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, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Connected with KLÜGMANN P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
HARVARD 2685, GROUP OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
POLION by LEZZI-HAFTER
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LONDON E 636, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Aison
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
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
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Aison
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BIRD P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
STRAGGLY P
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TYMBOS P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MEIDIAS P
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COCK GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COCK GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COCK GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COCK GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COCK GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COCK GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BOWDOIN P by UNKNOWN
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COCK GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COCK GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
COCK GROUP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
SYRACUSE 20541, P OF by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CRACOW PELEUS, GROUP OF THE
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Perhaps WEDDING P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
WASHING P
· -450 TO -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
GELA P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
GELA P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
GELA P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Connected with GELA P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SEIRENISKE P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PROVIDENCE P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Perhaps CAMBRIDGE 47, P OF
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PROVIDENCE P by PAPOUTSAKIS-SERBETIS
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Perhaps CAMBRIDGE 28.2, P OF by FELTEN
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
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