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
AMPHORA, NECK (EAST GREEK, FIKELLURA, OUTLINE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (EAST GREEK, FIKELLURA, OUTLINE)
Amphora
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
LEBES (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Vase (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE, STEMMED (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
AMPHORA, BELLY (EAST GREEK, FIKELLURA, OUTLINE)
Amphora
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
AMPHORA, NECK (EAST GREEK, FIKELLURA, OUTLINE)
Amphora
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
CUP, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Kylix
PLATE, STEMMED (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
PLATE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
KRATER (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Krater
DINOS, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Dinos
LID (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
Krater
OINOCHOE (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
SKYPHOS (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Skyphos
OINOCHOE (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
SKYPHOS (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Skyphos
SKYPHOS (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Skyphos
FIGURE VASE, FRAGMENT (CRETAN, OUTLINE)
FRAGMENT (CRETAN, OUTLINE)
ARYBALLOS (CUMAEAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (MYCENEAN, OUTLINE)
Krater
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
JAR (EGYPTIAN, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
CUP (EGYPTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
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