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
Lekythos (oil flask): Offerings at a Tomb
Lekythos
· 430 BCE
Lekythos (oil flask): Laying Out the Body
The Woman Painter
· Lekythos
· 430-420 BCE
White-Ground Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Youths at Tomb
Group R
· Lekythos
· c. 420–400 BCE
Lekythos (Attisch-weißgrundige Lekythos (sog. Huge Lekythos))
Lekythos
· 420-380 v. Chr.
Lekythos (Attische Lekythos)
Gruppe der Huge Lekythoi
· Lekythos
· 420-400 v. Chr.
Lekythos (Oil Jar)
the Reed Painter
· Lekythos
· 410-400 BCE
White-Ground Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Mourners at Tomb
Lekythos
· c. 400s BCE, with modern painting
Weißgrundige Lagynos
150 v. Chr.-20 n. Chr.
White-Ground Lekythos: Visit at Tomb
Lekythos
· 5th century BCE
Frescoed Wall with White Ground and Yellow Center Panel
A.D. 50–79
Attische Lekythos
Lekythos
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Attische, weißgrundige Lekythos
Lekythos
· 451-475 n. Chr.
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Krater
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER, CALYX (SOUTH ITALIAN, SICILIAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
OINOCHOE (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Krater
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Krater
LID, FRAGMENT (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
SARCOPHAGUS, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CLAZOMENIAN, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
KRATER, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Krater
VARIOUS (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
PLATE (ETRUSCAN, OUTLINE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
TANKARD (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
PLATE (ETRUSCAN, OUTLINE)
BOWL, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCAN, OUTLINE)
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (CYPRIOT, MYCENAEAN STYLE, OUTLINE)
Krater
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
KRATER, BELL (CYPRIOT, MYCENAEAN STYLE, OUTLINE)
Krater
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Hydria
AMPHORA, BELLY (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Amphora
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Hydria
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Hydria
KRATER (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Krater
FRAGMENTS (PROTO-ELAMITE, OUTLINE)
ARYBALLOS (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
BOWL, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
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