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
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high vertical handles)
Kylix
· mid-6th century BCE
PLATE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· -575 TO -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 TO -525
Vase fragment
ca. 575–550 BCE
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXERGON P+
· Kylix
· -575 TO -525
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATALANTE GROUP
· Hydria
· -575 TO -525
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 TO -525
Schale des Ergotimos und Klitias (Attisch-schwarzfigurige Randschale)
Kylix
· 575-550 v. Chr.
Attisch schwarzfigurige Schale
Kylix
· 575-550 v. Chr.
KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 TO -525
KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 TO -525
Terracotta chalice
Kylix
· ca. 575–550 BCE
Terracotta chalice
Kylix
· ca. 575–550 BCE
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 TO -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THYPHITIDES
· Kylix
· -575 TO -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 TO -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 TO -525
Schale des Ergotimos und Klitias (Attisch-schwarzfigurige Randschale)
Kylix
· 575-550 v. Chr.
Amphorenhenkel von F 1704, 2 Stück (Amphora, Attische, schwarzfigurige Amphora (der sog. Tyrrhenischen Gattung))
Amphora
· 575-550 v. Chr.
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TOWRY WHYTE P
· Krater
· -575 TO -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WRAITH P
· Kylix
· -575 TO -525
Terracotta tripod kothon (vessel for perfumed oil)
the Group of the Boeotian Dancers
· Pyxis
· mid-6th century BCE
KRATER, COLUMN (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CompareLYDOS
· Krater
· -575 TO -525
AMPHORA, NECK (EUBOEAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 309, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 TO -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 TO -525
LEKANIS LID, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CompareLYDOS
· -575 TO -525
KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 TO -525
KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 TO -525
Attische Kleeblattkanne
Lydos
· Oinochoe
· 575-550 v. Chr.
AMPHORA, NECK (EUBOEAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 TO -525
KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 TO -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CompareC P by SIDOROVAVINTAGE P*
· Kylix
· -575 TO -525
KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 TO -525
LEKANIS LID, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CompareLYDOS
· -575 TO -525
KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 TO -525
Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup)
BOSTON CA, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· mid-6th century BCE
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 TO -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 TO -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 309, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 TO -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 TO -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 TO -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P
· Kylix
· -575 TO -525
KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
Imitation ofLYDOS
· Krater
· -575 TO -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 TO -525
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 TO -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CIVICO P
· Kylix
· -575 TO -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 TO -525
Lakonian Black-Figure Kylix; detached fragments
Boreads Painter
· Kylix
· 570–565 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Dinos and Stand Fragments (81)
Kyllenios Painter
· Dinos
· about 570 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora (Ovoid)
Amphora
· about 570–560 B.C.
Terracotta stand
Ergotimos
· ca. 570 BCE
Vase fragment
570–550 BCE
Vase fragment
570–550 BCE
Terracotta oinochoe (wine jug)
Attributed to the Lotus-Cross Painter
· Oinochoe
· ca. 570–550 BCE
Fragment of a terracotta krater or dinos (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Sophilos
· Krater
· ca. 570 BCE
Dish
ca. 570–500 BCE
Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)
Nearchos
· Aryballos
· ca. 570 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Siana Cup Fragment
BMN Painter
· Kylix
· about 570–560 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Siana Cup Fragment
Kylix
· 570–550 B.C.
Euboean Black-Figure Neck Amphora
Amphora
· about 570–560 B.C.
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