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)?
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
510–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
third quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a pelike (jar)
510–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
510–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
440–430 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)
460–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
450–440 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
510–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
510–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
500–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
490–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
500–480 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)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a pelike (jar)
late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
third quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
the Chairippos Painter
· 490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a pelike (jar)
510–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
mid-5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a pelike (jar)
510–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment 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)
late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
520–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
480–470 BCE
Terracotta fragments 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 (jar)
500–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
510–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
510–490 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
late 6th century BCE/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a pelike (jar)
510–480 BCE
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
EUCHARIDES P
· -525 TO -475
Krümelscherben einer Pelike (rotfigurige Pelike, Attisch-rotfigurige Pelike)
RF
525-500 v. Chr.
Attisch-rotfigurige Pelike
RF
Pan-Maler
· 525-500 v. Chr.
Attic Red-Figure Pelike Fragment
RF
late 6th–first half of 5th century B.C.
Pelike, fragmentary
Euthymides
· ca. 520 BCE
Pelike (Storage Jar)
BF
Greek; Athens
· about 510-500 BCE
Terracotta pelike (wine jar)
BF
the Acheloös Painter
· ca. 510 BCE
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