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
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kantharos
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
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
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
OINOCHOE (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
PITCHER (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
PITCHER (EUBOEAN, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, NECK (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
Oinochoe
CUP (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, NECK (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kantharos
TANKARD (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, BELLY (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
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
OINOCHOE (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
SARCOPHAGUS, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CLAZOMENIAN, OUTLINE)
SARCOPHAGUS, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CLAZOMENIAN, OUTLINE)
SARCOPHAGUS (EAST GREEK, CLAZOMENIAN, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
ARYBALLOS, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
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