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
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATTIC QUERY by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VILLA GIULIA M 482, P OF by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP
· -525 to -475
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Loutrophoros
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP
· -550 to -500
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Loutrophoros
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Connected with LOUVRE F 161, P OF
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-BAND CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PROMETHEUS P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1512, P OF by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GROUP E by SCHÖNE-DENKINGER
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BLACKNECK CLASS
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to MUNICH 1842, P OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VILLA GIULIA 3559, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
PYXIS (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to MUNICH 1842, P OF
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to MUNICH 1842, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OXFORD 213, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to MUNICH 1842, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMIONE GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KUBAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FAT-RUNNER GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KUBAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CIVICO P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, P OF
· Aryballos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOMACHOS SERIES
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Aryballos
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