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
HOPLITE-LEAVING-HOME, GROUP OF THE by GAUNT
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LM P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CLASS CL
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (CORINTHIAN)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS (CYPRIOT)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN PROTOGEOMETRIC)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
LEKYTHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LEKYTHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
SWING P
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
HUGE LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Related to DIOSPHOS WORKSHOP by MOIGNARD
· -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
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATL CLASS by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PL CLASS by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
TYMBOS P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATL CLASS by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATL CLASS by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATL CLASS by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATL CLASS by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATL CLASS by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATL CLASS by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATL CLASS by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATL CLASS by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BOWDOIN P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
GELA P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
VILLA GIULIA P
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
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