Technique
White-ground
Period
c. 500–400 BC
Collection
734 vases
A white slip covers the vessel, allowing polychrome painting in added colours — reds, blues, yellows, greens. The closest surviving approximation to the lost art of Greek panel painting. Most common on lekythoi used as grave offerings, their ethereal beauty perfectly suited to funerary themes.
734 examples
KRATER (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Krater
DINOS, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Dinos
LID (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
Krater
AMPHORA, BELLY (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
PYXIS (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
PYXIS (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
FRAGMENT (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
BOWL (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
AMPHORA, NECK (CYCLADIC GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
KRATER (CYCLADIC GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Krater
PLAQUE (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
STAND (CYCLADIC GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
FRAGMENTS (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
FRAGMENT (EGYPTIAN, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Skyphos
TANKARD (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
KRATER (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Krater
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
KRATER (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Krater
DOUBLE VASE (ATHENIAN, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
TANKARD (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
CUP (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, BELLY-HANDLED (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Amphora
JUG (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kantharos
SARCOPHAGUS (EAST GREEK, CLAZOMENIAN, OUTLINE)
SARCOPHAGUS (EAST GREEK, CLAZOMENIAN, OUTLINE)
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