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)
Connected with CHC GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PISTIAS CLASS
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PISTIAS CLASS
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PISTIAS CLASS
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PISTIAS CLASS
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PISTIAS CLASS
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PISTIAS CLASS
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PSIAX by PELLETIER-HORNBY
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P by PETRAKOVA
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THREE-LINE GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Stamnos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RYCROFT P
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
PHORMISKOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KOMAST GROUP by BOARDMAN
· -600 to -550
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KY P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KOMAST GROUP
· Oinochoe
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Pyxis
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEITIAS
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CIVICO P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUGLIELMI P (Black-Figure) by KLUIVER
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Connected with OLL GROUP by BOTHMER
· Krater
· -600 to -550
KRATER, COLUMN (?), FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Krater
· -600 to -550
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 309, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Krater
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
READY P
· Krater
· -575 to -525
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF by BEAZLEY
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HISCHYLOS by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TALEIDES P
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 62, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 174, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WALTERS 48.42, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RHODES 12264, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WRAITH P
· Krater
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
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