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Pelike
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
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1900 examples
Terracotta pelike (jar)
RF
Attributed to the Somzée Painter
·
ca. 420–410 BCE
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
COPENHAGEN 1061, P OF
·
-450 TO -400
Attic Red-Figure Pelike
RF
Achilles Painter
·
445–440 B.C.
Pelike (Attisch-rotfigurige Pelike)
RF
433-400 v. Chr.
Pelike, miniature
RF
late 5th century BCE
Terracotta pelike (jar)
RF
Attributed to the Later Mannerists
·
ca. 430 BCE
Terracotta pelike (jar)
RF
ca. 430–420 BCE
Pelike
the Black Thyrsus Painter
·
ca. 400 BCE
Pelike depicting Helen and Paris
RF
The Painter of Louvre G 539
·
420-400 BCE
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KIEV P
·
-425 TO -375
Terracotta pelike (jar)
late 5th century BCE
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BONN 2053, P OF
·
-425 TO -375
PELIKE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CompareGROUP G
·
-400 TO -300
Lucanian Red-Figure Pelike
RF
Amykos Painter
·
about 400 B.C.
Pelike
4th century BCE
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 TO -300
PELIKE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CompareGROUP G
·
-400 TO -300
Terracotta pelike (jar)
RF
ca. 400–350 BCE
PELIKE (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 TO -300
PELIKE (SOUTH ITALIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 TO -300
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 TO -300
PELIKE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-400 TO -300
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Group G
·
-400 TO -300
Attisch-rotfigurige Pelike
RF
400-376 v. Chr.
PELIKE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PerhapsCHALCIDIAN by UNKNOWNOLYNTHUS 5.156, P OF
·
-400 TO -300
Miniature Vase in the Shape of a Pelike
4th century B.C.
Terracotta pelike (wine jar)
RF
the Helbig-Reverse Group
·
early 4th century BCE
Pelike
4th century BCE
Early Apulian Red-figure Pelike: Two Youths by a Stele
RF
c. 383-370 BCE
Lucanian Pelike
about 380 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Pelike, Kerch Style
RF
Painter of Munich 2365
·
about 380 B.C.
Terracotta pelike (wine jar)
RF
Attributed to the Painter of Munich 2365
·
ca. 375–350 BCE
Fragmentary Apulian Red-Figure Pelike
RF
Suckling - Salting Group
·
about 360–350 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Pelike, Kerch Style
RF
Painter of the Wedding Procession
·
about 360 B.C.
Pelike (jar): Mythical Easterner Fighting a Griffin
RF
Group G
·
c. 350 BCE
Terracotta pelike (jar)
the Dechter Painter
·
ca. 360–340 BCE
Apulian Red-Figure Pelike
RF
Berkeley Painter
·
about 360 B.C.
Pelike
RF
Attributed to the Group of Zurich 2661
·
ca. 350–325 BCE
Pelike
RF
ca. 350–325 BCE
Apulian Red-Figure Pelike Fragment
RF
Suckling - Salting Group
·
about 350 B.C.
Terracotta pelike (jar)
Group G
·
3rd quarter of the 4th century BCE
Jar (pelike) with amorous scenes
RF
about 325 B.C.
Apulian Red-Figure Pelike
RF
Varrese Painter
·
about 350 B.C.
Terracotta pelike (wine jar)
RF
Attributed to the Amazon Painter
·
2nd half of the 4th century BCE
Terracotta pelike (jar)
the Perth Group
·
ca. 350–300 BCE
Gnathia Pelike
last third of 4th century B.C.
Apulian Pelike
Monopoli Group
·
330–320 B.C.
Terracotta pelike (jar)
RF
Close in style to the Underworld Painter
·
ca. 330–310 BCE
Terracotta pelike (jar)
RF
Attributed to the Underworld Painter
·
ca. 330–310 BCE
Pelike
the Circle of the Darius Painter
·
ca. 330–310 BCE
Pelike Seated Eros holding phiale
330–320 B.C.
Pelike, fragmentary
RF
ca. 330–300 BCE
Black-glaze Pelike
4th century BCE
Black-glaze Pelike
4th century BCE
Pelike (Attisch-rotfigurige Pelike)
RF
451-475 n. Chr.
Attisch-rotfigurige Pelike
RF
451-475 n. Chr.
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Akin to NIKOXENOS P
·
-525 to -475
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
FERRARA T 44, P OF
·
-450 to -400
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ERETRIA P
·
-450 to -400
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