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
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
OINOCHOE (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
CYLINDER (BOEOTIAN ORIENTALISING, OUTLINE)
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
AMPHORA, NECK (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, BELLY-HANDLED (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
PITCHER (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
TANKARD (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kantharos
BASKET (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
Kantharos
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
TANKARD (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
BOWL (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
CUP (ARGIVE GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, NECK (EAST GREEK, FIKELLURA, OUTLINE)
Amphora
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kantharos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
RING ASKOS (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
VARIOUS (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
STAMNOS (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Stamnos
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, BELLY (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Amphora
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
PYXIS (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
PYXIS (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, NECK (EAST GREEK, FIKELLURA, OUTLINE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (EAST GREEK, FIKELLURA, OUTLINE)
Amphora
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PYXIS (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
SARCOPHAGUS (EAST GREEK, CLAZOMENIAN, OUTLINE)
SARCOPHAGUS (EAST GREEK, CLAZOMENIAN, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
AMPHORA, NECK (EAST GREEK, FIKELLURA, OUTLINE)
Amphora
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