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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
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
FIGURE VASE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FIGURE VASE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron · -650 to -600
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
PYXIS LID (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PYXIS LID (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF · Lekythos · -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
KRATER (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
KRATER (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
PYXIS LID (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PYXIS LID (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Hydria
AMPHORA, NECK (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
AMPHORA, NECK (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF · Lekythos · -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
HYDRIA (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
HYDRIA (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Hydria
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF · Lekythos · -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
AMPHORA, NECK (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix · -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF · Lekythos · -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARYBALLOS (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora · -600 to -550
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF · Lekythos · -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
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