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
Perhaps BELDAM WORKSHOP
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
QUADRATE P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
QUADRATE P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
QUADRATE P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
QUADRATE P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
QUADRATE P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CAMBRIDGE 3.17, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CAMBRIDGE 3.17, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NEW YORK HYPNOS, P OF THE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NEW YORK HYPNOS, P OF THE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NEW YORK HYPNOS, P OF THE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NEW YORK HYPNOS, P OF THE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NEW YORK HYPNOS, P OF THE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NEW YORK HYPNOS, P OF THE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PL CLASS
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NEW YORK HYPNOS, P OF THE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NEW YORK HYPNOS, P OF THE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NEW YORK HYPNOS, P OF THE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NEW YORK HYPNOS, P OF THE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NEW YORK HYPNOS, P OF THE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NEW YORK HYPNOS, P OF THE by BEAZLEY
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NEW YORK HYPNOS, P OF THE
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN 2451, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN 2451, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN 2451, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN 2451, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN 2451, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN 2464, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LITTLE-LION CLASS
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
THANATOS P by BOSANQUET
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
-400 to -300
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ERETRIA P by FURTWÄNGLER
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ERETRIA P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ERETRIA P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ERETRIA P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ERETRIA P
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Lydos
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 TO -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MUNICH 2528, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MUNICH 2528, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MUNICH 2528, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Akin to MUNICH 2528, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Akin to MUNICH 2528, P OF
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
FLYING-ANGEL P
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
FLYING-ANGEL P
· -500 to -450
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