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
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TORONTO 289, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOSTON POLYPHEMOS, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOSTON POLYPHEMOS, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 28, P OF by BEAZLEY
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NEW YORK 06.1021.159, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WRAITH P
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 28, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WRAITH P
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WRAITH P
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WRAITH P
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WRAITH P
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WRAITH P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WRAITH P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WRAITH P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WRAITH P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WRAITH P
· Skyphos
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WRAITH P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE C 10336, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE C 10336, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE C 10336, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TIMENOR
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHARTER HOUSE P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMBRIDGE 61, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KALLIS P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TUBINGEN D41, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KALLIS P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TUBINGEN D41, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOGIE P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHALCIDISING CUP
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHALCIDISING CUP
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHALCIDISING CUP
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHALCIDISING CUP
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHALCIDISING CUP
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHALCIDISING CUP
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHALCIDISING CUP
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHALCIDISING CUP
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERON CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERON CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WALTERS 48.42, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHAROS P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DURAND P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 2100, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 TO -525
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Related to ROKOP by URE
· Skyphos
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 66, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 66, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 69, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
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