Skip Navigation

Collection Menu
Greek. <em>White-Ground Lekythos</em>, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Greek. White-Ground Lekythos, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Greek. <em>White-Ground Lekythos</em>, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Greek. White-Ground Lekythos, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Greek. <em>White-Ground Lekythos</em>, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Greek. White-Ground Lekythos, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Greek. <em>White-Ground Lekythos</em>, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Greek. White-Ground Lekythos, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Greek. <em>White-Ground Lekythos</em>, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view01.jpeg)

Greek. White-Ground Lekythos, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view01.jpeg)

Greek. <em>White-Ground Lekythos</em>, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_print_bw.jpg)

Greek. White-Ground Lekythos, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_print_bw.jpg)

Greek. <em>White-Ground Lekythos</em>, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view1.jpg)

Greek. White-Ground Lekythos, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view1.jpg)

Greek. <em>White-Ground Lekythos</em>, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view02.jpeg)

Greek. White-Ground Lekythos, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view02.jpeg)

Greek. <em>White-Ground Lekythos</em>, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view03.jpeg)

Greek. White-Ground Lekythos, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view03.jpeg)

Greek. <em>White-Ground Lekythos</em>, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view04.jpeg)

Greek. White-Ground Lekythos, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view04.jpeg)

Greek. <em>White-Ground Lekythos</em>, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view05.jpeg)

Greek. White-Ground Lekythos, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view05.jpeg)

Greek. <em>White-Ground Lekythos</em>, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view06.jpeg)

Greek. White-Ground Lekythos, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view06.jpeg)

Greek. <em>White-Ground Lekythos</em>, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view07.jpeg)

Greek. White-Ground Lekythos, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view07.jpeg)

Greek. <em>White-Ground Lekythos</em>, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view08.jpeg)

Greek. White-Ground Lekythos, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_view08.jpeg)

DOWNLOAD

White-Ground Lekythos

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURES Greek; Attic
MEDIUM Clay, pigment
DATES ca. 425 B.C.E.
DIMENSIONS 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 34.730
CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Greek. White-Ground Lekythos, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
IMAGE CUR.34.730_NegA_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
"CUR" at the beginning of an image file name means that the image was created by a curatorial staff member. These study images may be digital point-and-shoot photographs, when we don\'t yet have high-quality studio photography, or they may be scans of older negatives, slides, or photographic prints, providing historical documentation of the object.
RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY
You may download and use Brooklyn Museum images of this three-dimensional work in accordance with a Creative Commons license. Fair use, as understood under the United States Copyright Act, may also apply. Please include caption information from this page and credit the Brooklyn Museum. If you need a high resolution file, please fill out our online application form (charges apply). For further information about copyright, we recommend resources at the United States Library of Congress, Cornell University, Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums, and Copyright Watch. For more information about the Museum's rights project, including how rights types are assigned, please see our blog posts on copyright. If you have any information regarding this work and rights to it, please contact copyright@brooklynmuseum.org.
RECORD COMPLETENESS
Not every record you will find here is complete. More information is available for some works than for others, and some entries have been updated more recently. Records are frequently reviewed and revised, and we welcome any additional information you might have.
Greek. <em>White-Ground Lekythos</em>, ca. 425 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 9 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.6 × 7 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.730. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.730_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

RELATED OBJECTS

Olla or Jar Water Jar Making Babies for Indian Market Milk Vase Blue-Painted Storage Jar Grain Storage Jar with Blue-Painted Lotus Plants and Floral Collar Blue-painted Storage Jar Tall, Round-Bottomed Jar Jar with Boat Designs Jar with Zigzag Panels Oinochoe Shallow Plate Female Head One of Three Round Jugs with Narrow Neck and Loop Handle Red-Figure Kantharos Black-Figure Lekythos Head and Upper Torso of Female Figure Red-Figure Hydria Statue of a Woman Two Little Loves Young Man and Woman Red-Figure Amphora Denarius of Augustus Pinakion Black-Figure Lekythos White-Ground Lekythos Black-Figure Amphora