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
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
PYXIS (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
SARCOPHAGUS (EAST GREEK, CLAZOMENIAN, OUTLINE)
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
FRAGMENT (ARGIVE GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
BOWL (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
HYDRIA (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Hydria
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, NECK (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
Oinochoe
CUP (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, NECK (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
TANKARD (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
PITCHER (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kantharos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
BASKET (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
Kantharos
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, BELLY (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kantharos
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, BELLY (EAST GREEK, FIKELLURA, OUTLINE)
Amphora
PYXIS (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kantharos
BOEOTIAN BIRD CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kantharos
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)