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
OINOCHOE (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
CUP (EGYPTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
JAR (EGYPTIAN, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, BELLY (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Amphora
FLASK (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
FLASK (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Kylix
DOUBLE VASE (DAUNIAN, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
KRATER (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Krater
OINOCHOE (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
KRATER (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Krater
KRATER (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Krater
DOUBLE VASE (ATHENIAN, OUTLINE)
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
TANKARD (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
CUP (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, BELLY-HANDLED (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
Amphora
JUG (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
FRAGMENTS (PROTO-ELAMITE, OUTLINE)
SARCOPHAGUS, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CLAZOMENIAN, OUTLINE)
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, OUTLINE)
Hydria
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
TANKARD (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
KRATER, BELL (CYPRIOT, MYCENAEAN STYLE, OUTLINE)
Krater
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
PYXIS (CYCLADIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
SARCOPHAGUS (EAST GREEK, CLAZOMENIAN, OUTLINE)
SARCOPHAGUS (EAST GREEK, CLAZOMENIAN, OUTLINE)
FIGURE VASE (EAST GREEK, OUTLINE)
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, OUTLINE)
Kylix
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Pyxis
AMPHORA, BELLY (AEGINETAN, BRONZE AGE, OUTLINE)
Amphora
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
OINOCHOE (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
PITCHER (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, OUTLINE)
Aryballos
CYLINDER (BOEOTIAN ORIENTALISING, OUTLINE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, BELLY-HANDLED (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Amphora
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
Oinochoe
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