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
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MERRYTHOUGHT CUP
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LOUTROPHOROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Loutrophoros
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TALEIDES P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EMPORION P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
DIE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-600 to -550
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps LOUVRE F 81, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LITTLE-LION SHAPE
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-600 to -550
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Alabastron
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Group E
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MICHIGAN P by ISLER-KERENYI
· Stamnos
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOSTON CA, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Alabastron
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EMPORION P
· Alabastron
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Krater
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Krater
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
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