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, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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THESEUS P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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THESEUS P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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LITTLE-LION CLASS
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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HOPLITE-LEAVING-HOME, GROUP OF THE by QUINTON
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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-550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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CHARIOT P by QUINTON
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ETRUSCO-CAMPANIAN)
LEKYTHOS (ETRUSCO-CAMPANIAN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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BOEOTIAN SILHOUETTE GROUP
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (CRETAN)
LEKYTHOS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS (BOEOTIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (BOEOTIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ETRUSCAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ETRUSCAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ETRUSCAN)
LEKYTHOS (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (EAST GREEK)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (CALENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (CALENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
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