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
BELDAM P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Group R
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
WOMAN P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NEW YORK 23.160.41, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
REED P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Paseas
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
WASHING P by GIUDICE, G
· -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
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MINA P by BÖHR
· -450 TO -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 TO -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CARLSRUHE P by BEAZLEY
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ACHILLES P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENA P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LITTLE-LION CLASS
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BELDAM P by UNKNOWN
· -525 to -475
ASKOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -450 TO -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
MARATHON P by KURTZ
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
HAIMON P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Perhaps BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Perhaps BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LONDON B 31, P OF
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
DIOSPHOS P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LONDON B 31, P OF
· -550 to -500
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)