Lekythos Collection

Attic lekythos depicting two companions of Ulysses turned into swine by Circewitch, red-figure pottery
Greek civilization, 5th century b.C. Red-figure pottery. Attic lekythos depicting two companions of Ulysses turned into swine by Circe the enchantress

Lekythos (Oil Jar), 410-400 BCE. Creator: Reed Painter
Lekythos (Oil Jar), 410-400 BCE

Fragment of a Funerary Lekythos (Monument in the Shape of an Oil Jar), 4th century BCE. Creator: Demagora Master
Fragment of a Funerary Lekythos (Monument in the Shape of an Oil Jar), 4th century BCE

Lekythos (Oil Jar), 445-440 BCE. Creator: Achilles Painter
Lekythos (Oil Jar), 445-440 BCE

Squat Lekythos (Oil Jar), 430-410 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Squat Lekythos (Oil Jar), 430-410 BCE

Lekythos (Oil Jar), about 400 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Lekythos (Oil Jar), about 400 BCE

Lekythos (Oil Jar), About 440 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Lekythos (Oil Jar), About 440 BCE

Hermes conducting the dead to Charon (engraving)
3635216 Hermes conducting the dead to Charon (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hermes conducting the dead to Charon)

Attic Lekythos (slip glazed earthenware)
5059484 Attic Lekythos (slip glazed earthenware) by Greek, (5th century BC); 16.5x7 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

Detail from a red-figure lekythos (ceramic)
1761944 Detail from a red-figure lekythos (ceramic) by Douris, (c.500-460 BC); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Greek, out of copyright

Girl with Pearls, 1897 (w / c over photogravure)
Ma200870 Girl with Pearls, 1897 (w/c over photogravure) by Ryland, Henry (1856-1924); 61.6x43.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo eThe Ms Gallery, London; English, out of copyright

Lekythos depicting warriors arming for battle, 510-500 B. C
5938293 Lekythos depicting warriors arming for battle, 510-500 B.C. (clay, black-figured) [see 5938265 and 5938245] by Greek School, (6th century BC); 32x14.6 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum

Detail from a red-figure lekythos (ceramic)
1761937 Detail from a red-figure lekythos (ceramic) by Douris, (c.500-460 BC); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Greek, out of copyright

Attic red-figure lekythos showing Eros, c. 480 BC (ceramic)
1216271 Attic red-figure lekythos showing Eros, c.480 BC (ceramic) by Cypriot, (5th century BC); height: 32.3 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Attic white-ground lekythos showing a woman and youth at a tomb (ceramic)
1216337 Attic white-ground lekythos showing a woman and youth at a tomb (ceramic) by Greek, (5th century BC); height: 36.8 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

The Atalanta Lekythos (Funerary Oil Jug), 500-490 BC
1761953 The Atalanta Lekythos (Funerary Oil Jug), 500-490 BC by Douris, (c.500-460 BC); height: 31.8 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund; Greek, out of copyright

Detail from a red-figure lekythos (ceramic)
1761942 Detail from a red-figure lekythos (ceramic) by Douris, (c.500-460 BC); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Greek, out of copyright

Detail from a red-figure lekythos (ceramic)
1761939 Detail from a red-figure lekythos (ceramic) by Douris, (c.500-460 BC); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Greek, out of copyright

Lekythos, Vibo Valentia (Hipponion) (ceramic)
938026 Lekythos, Vibo Valentia (Hipponion) (ceramic) by Greek School, (5th century AD); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; eGiuliano Valsecchi; Greek, out of copyright

Attic red-figure lekythos, late 5th century BC, and miniature squat lekythos
616081 Attic red-figure lekythos, late 5th century BC, and miniature squat lekythos, 5th century BC (terracotta) by Greek

Pot, Cyprus, late Bronze Age (ceramic)
3071025 Pot, Cyprus, late Bronze Age (ceramic) by Bronze Age (2500-800 BC); height: 13 cm; Leeds Museums and Galleries (Discovery Centre) U.K.; (add.info.: Brown fabric, with dark grey/black surface)

A young woman arranging her clothes in a coffer, 450 BC (stone)
XIR156565 A young woman arranging her clothes in a coffer, 450 BC (stone) by Greek, (5th century BC); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Taranto, Apuglia

Lekythos depicting warriors arming for battle, 510-500 B. C
5938245 Lekythos depicting warriors arming for battle, 510-500 B.C. (clay, black-figured) [see 5938265] by Greek School, (6th century BC); 32x14.6 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

The Atalanta Lekythos (Funerary Oil Jug), 500-490 BC
1761957 The Atalanta Lekythos (Funerary Oil Jug), 500-490 BC by Douris, (c.500-460 BC); height: 31.8 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund; Greek, out of copyright

Lekythos, Vibo Valentia (ceramic)
938025 Lekythos, Vibo Valentia (ceramic) by Greek School, (5th century AD); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; eGiuliano Valsecchi; Greek, out of copyright

Lekythos depicting warriors arming for battle, 510-500 B. C
5938265 Lekythos depicting warriors arming for battle, 510-500 B.C. (clay, black-figured) [see 5938245 and 5938293] by Greek School, (6th century BC); 32x14.6 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum

Wedgwood black basalt rhyton or lekythos, vessel for liquid in the form of a female head (autotype)
6014488 Wedgwood black basalt rhyton or lekythos, vessel for liquid in the form of a female head (autotype) by English Photographer

Attic red-figure lekythos depicting Aphrodite riding a flying swan (ceramic)
1216274 Attic red-figure lekythos depicting Aphrodite riding a flying swan (ceramic) by Cypriot, (5th century BC); height: 31.7 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

The Atalanta Lekythos (Funerary Oil Jug), 500-490 BC
1761956 The Atalanta Lekythos (Funerary Oil Jug), 500-490 BC by Douris, (c.500-460 BC); height: 31.8 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund; Greek, out of copyright

The Atalanta Lekythos (Funerary Oil Jug), 500-490 BC
1761954 The Atalanta Lekythos (Funerary Oil Jug), 500-490 BC by Douris, (c.500-460 BC); height: 31.8 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund; Greek, out of copyright

Detail from a red-figure lekythos (ceramic)
1761941 Detail from a red-figure lekythos (ceramic) by Douris, (c.500-460 BC); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Greek, out of copyright

Vessel, Klaudia, Cyprus, early Bronze Age (ceramic)
3071026 Vessel, Klaudia, Cyprus, early Bronze Age (ceramic) by Early Bronze Age, (c.3300-2000 BC); height: 15.1 cm; Leeds Museums and Galleries (Discovery Centre) U.K.; (add.info.: Brown slip)

Artemis with a swan. Lekythos, white-ground, c490 BC. Pan Painter, Attic vase painter (ca. 475-450 BC). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Corinthian Lekythos with warriors, c575 BC

Black figured Lekytkos (oil-bottle), Warrior Arming, Athens, c490BC Artist: Edinburgh Painter
Black figured Lekytkos (oil-bottle), Warrior Arming, Athens, c490BC. Attributed to the Edinburgh Painter. (from Gela)

Atlas, Heracles and the golden apples, Athenian black-figure lekythos, c6th century BC. Herakles (Hercules) holding up the heavens for Atlas (on the right)

Dionysus in cave, Lekythos made in Athens, c350 BC

White-ground lekythos with a pianting of a woman at a wash basin, Attica, Greece, 470BC-460BC. From the British Museums collection

Greek terracotta oil flask of the infant Dionysus
Greek terracotta oil flask (lekythos) of the infant Dionysus standing in a vine-hung grotto. Made in Athens, and from the British Museums collection

Detail of a Greek lekythos showing a mistress and maid, 5th century BC
Detail of a lekythos (oil vessel) showing a mistress and maid, from Athens, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Greek pottery. Lekythos. Red figure. From Greece. 4th centur
Greek pottery. Lekythos. Decorated with palmette. Red figure. 4th century BC. From Greece. Museum of Perfume. Barcelona. Spain

Lekythos 300s BC Greece Attic 4th Century BC
Lekythos, 300s BC. Greece, Attic, 4th Century BC. Painted white-ground terracotta; overall: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.)

Gravestone Form Lekythos 300s BC Greece Athens
Gravestone in the Form of a Lekythos, 300s BC. Greece, Athens, 4th Century BC. Marble; overall: 53.7 cm (21 1/8 in.)

Greek art. Spain. Catalonia. Oenochoe. Found in Empuries. 5t
Greek art. Spain. Catalonia. Oenochoe, wine jug. Found in Empuries. 5th century BC. Archaeological Museum of Catalonia. Girona

Greek art. Spain. Catalonia. Empuries. Black-figure pottery
Greek art. Spain. Catalonia. Black-figure pottery. Found in Empuries. 5th century BC. Detail quadriga. Archaeological Museum of Catalonia. Girona

Greek art. Spain. Catalonia. Lekythos. Found in Empuries. 6
Greek art. Spain. Catalonia. Lekythos Found in Empuries. Used for storing, especially olive oil. Origen: Greece East. 6th century BC. Archaeological Museum of Catalonia. Girona

Spain. Catalonia. Empuries. Corinthian pottery. 6th century BC. Archaeological Museum of Catalonia. Girona

Greek art. Grave monument of Archippe in the form of a lekythos. About 390 BC. The seated dead woman, a woman (Xeno) with child. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

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The lekythos, a type of Greek pottery, is an exquisite vessel that has captivated art enthusiasts for centuries. This particular lekythos, dating back to the 4th century BCE, depicts a fascinating scene from Homer's Odyssey. In this red-figure pottery masterpiece, we see two companions of Ulysses transformed into swine by the enchantress Circewitch. The intricate details and vibrant colors bring this mythological tale to life. Created by the talented Reed Painter, this lekythos showcases their mastery in capturing emotions and narratives through clay. Another remarkable example is the Fragment of a Funerary Lekythos created by Demagora Master during the same period. This monument-shaped oil jar serves as a poignant tribute to those who have passed away. Its delicate design and careful craftsmanship reflect the reverence ancient Greeks held for honoring their deceased loved ones. Moving on to another stunning piece from around 445-440 BCE, we encounter an extraordinary creation by Achilles Painter. His lekythos stands out with its elegant form and meticulous attention to detail. It transports us back in time as we marvel at its beauty and imagine how it was used in ancient rituals or daily life. As we explore further into history, we come across a Squat Lekythos from 430-410 BCE whose creator remains unknown but not forgotten. Its simplicity speaks volumes about Greek aesthetics during that era - clean lines combined with subtle embellishments create an understated elegance that still resonates today. The timeless allure of these vessels continues with yet another anonymous work from around 400 BCE - its purpose may be shrouded in mystery but its artistic value shines through effortlessly. The skillful execution demonstrates how even everyday objects were transformed into works of art during ancient Greece. Finally, let us not forget Hermes conducting the dead to Charon depicted on an Attic Lekythos made using slip glazed earthenware.