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
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THREE-LINE GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THREE-LINE GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THREE-LINE GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THREE-LINE GROUP
· Amphora
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MEDEA GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Krater
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUPHILETOS P by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONG-NOSE P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONG-NOSE P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PASIKLES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MADRID P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MADRID P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
KRATER, CALYX (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Krater
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
A D P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
A D P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
A D P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
A D P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRIAM P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
A D P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
STAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MADRID FOUNTAIN, P OF THE
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RYCROFT P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MADRID FOUNTAIN, P OF THE
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OLL GROUP by RUMPF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
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