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
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kantharos
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
AMPHORA, BELLY (AEGINETAN, BRONZE AGE, OUTLINE)
Amphora
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Skyphos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
OINOCHOE (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
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
CYLINDER (BOEOTIAN ORIENTALISING, OUTLINE)
PITCHER (EUBOEAN, OUTLINE)
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, NECK (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, BELLY-HANDLED (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
CUP (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kantharos
TANKARD (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kantharos
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
TANKARD (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
BOWL (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
CUP (ARGIVE GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
AMPHORA, NECK (EAST GREEK, FIKELLURA, OUTLINE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (EAST GREEK, FIKELLURA, OUTLINE)
Amphora
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kantharos
AMPHORA, NECK (MELIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, BELLY (CYCLADIC GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
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
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