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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
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)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
LEBES (?), FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
LEBES (?), FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
LEBES (?), FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
LEBES (?), FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Amphora
FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CHIAN, OUTLINE)
FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CHIAN, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
SKYPHOS (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
SKYPHOS (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Skyphos
OINOCHOE (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
FRAGMENT (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
FRAGMENT (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
KRATER, FRAGMENT (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
KRATER, FRAGMENT (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENT (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
KRATER, FRAGMENT (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENT (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
KRATER, FRAGMENT (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENT (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
KRATER, FRAGMENT (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENT (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
KRATER, FRAGMENT (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
AMPHORA, BELLY (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, BELLY (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
JAR (EGYPTIAN, OUTLINE)
JAR (EGYPTIAN, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
CUP (EGYPTIAN, OUTLINE)
CUP (EGYPTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
JAR (EGYPTIAN, OUTLINE)
JAR (EGYPTIAN, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, BELLY (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, BELLY (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Amphora
FLASK (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
FLASK (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
FLASK (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
FLASK (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Kylix
FIGURE VASE, ARYBALLOS (CRETAN, OUTLINE)
FIGURE VASE, ARYBALLOS (CRETAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Kylix
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