Shape
Pelike
πελίκη
1900 vases
A type of amphora with the widest point near the base rather than the shoulder, giving it a pear-shaped profile. Particularly popular in red-figure production.
Function & Use
Storage of oil or wine
1900 examples
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
late 5th/early 4th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)?
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)?Pelike fragment?
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)?
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)?
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)?
480–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
510–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
first half of the 5th century
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
510–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
510–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)?
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
480–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
450–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)?
first half of the fifth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
500–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a pelike (jar)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
510–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
460–450 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)?
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
third quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a pelike (jar)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
third quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
third quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a pelike (jar)
475–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
510–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike?
480–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike?
480–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a pelike (jar)
510–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
510–490 BCE
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