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
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Skyphos
TANKARD (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
PLATE (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Krater
BOWL, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
VARIOUS (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
TANKARD (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (CYPRIOT, MYCENAEAN STYLE, OUTLINE)
Krater
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, OUTLINE)
Hydria
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
Pyxis
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (?), FRAGMENT (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Krater
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kantharos
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
FRAGMENT (ARGIVE GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kantharos
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
BOWL (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
BOWL (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Skyphos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Skyphos
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Skyphos
· -750 to -700
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
CUP (UNCERTAIN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CYLINDER (BOEOTIAN ORIENTALISING, OUTLINE)
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
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