Technique
Black-figure
Period
c. 620–480 BC
Collection
21495 vases
Figures painted in black slip on the natural red clay, with details incised through to the clay beneath. Invented at Corinth but perfected at Athens, where Exekias brought it to its supreme achievement. The technique demands extraordinary precision with the incising tool.
21495 examples
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RODIN 1000, P OF
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RODIN 1000, P OF
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RODIN 1000, P OF
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
DINOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Dinos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
AMPHORA, BAIL (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
PYXIS, FRAGMENTS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
KRATER, COLUMN (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
SKYPHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
CUP (LACONIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOPLITE-LEAVING-HOME, GROUP OF THE by QUINTON
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHARIOT P by QUINTON
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
ASKOS (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BAIL (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, BAIL (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, BAIL (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KX P
· Pyxis
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KOMAST GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
PLEMOCHOE (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SKYPHOS (BOEOTIAN (?), BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOEOTIAN SILHOUETTE GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (BOEOTIAN, CABIRION WARE, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -425 to -375
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kantharos
LEKANIS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SKYPHOS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
SKYPHOS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
SKYPHOS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Kylix
OINOCHOE (BOEOTIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
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