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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
FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, FIKELLURA, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, FIKELLURA, OUTLINE)
Amphora
PLATE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
KRATER (?), FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
KRATER (?), FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Krater
AMPHORA (?), FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA (?), FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Amphora
DINOS (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
DINOS (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Dinos
PLATE, STEMMED (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE, STEMMED (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
CUP (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
CUP (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
CUP (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
CUP, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
CUP, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
CUP, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Kylix
PLATE, STEMMED (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE, STEMMED (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENTS (EAST GREEK, FIKELLURA, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENTS (EAST GREEK, FIKELLURA, OUTLINE)
Amphora
JAR (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
JAR (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
DISH (EAST GREEK)
DISH (EAST GREEK)
SITULA, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
SITULA, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
-550 to -500
SITULA, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
SITULA, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
-550 to -500
SITULA, FRAGMENTS (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
SITULA, FRAGMENTS (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
-550 to -500
SITULA, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
SITULA, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
-550 to -500
SITULA, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
SITULA, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
-550 to -500
PLATE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
JUG, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK)
JUG, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK)
Kylix
AMPHORA, NECK (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, NECK (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Amphora
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
CUP (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
CUP (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, BELLY (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, BELLY (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, NECK (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
PYXIS (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
PYXIS (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
PYXIS (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
PYXIS (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
FRAGMENT (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
FRAGMENT (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
BOWL (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
BOWL (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
AMPHORA, NECK (CYCLADIC GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, NECK (CYCLADIC GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
KRATER (CYCLADIC GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
KRATER (CYCLADIC GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Krater
PLAQUE (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
PLAQUE (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
STAND (CYCLADIC GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
STAND (CYCLADIC GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
Vase (DAUNIAN, OUTLINE)
Vase (DAUNIAN, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
BOWL, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
BOWL, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
DINOS, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
DINOS, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Dinos
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
BOWL, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
BOWL, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
BOWL, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
BOWL, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
PLATE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
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