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 (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
STAMNOS (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Stamnos
ALABASTRON (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OXFORD 236, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWING P by BÖHR
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -600 to -550
PYXIS LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
· -600 to -550
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHALCIDISING CUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
SKYPHOS KRATER (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Krater
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DURAND P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TORONTO 305, GROUP OF by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Pyxis
· -575 to -525
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· -550 to -500
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to SWAN GROUP by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to SWAN GROUP by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)