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 (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
OLPE, FRAGMENTS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PROVIDENCE P
· Aryballos
· -500 to -450
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Group E
· Loutrophoros
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, BELLY (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by PAUL, E.
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Group E
· Loutrophoros
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
JUG (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PARIS GIGANTOMACHY, P OF THE
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYDOS by BOULTER
· Krater
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TORONTO 305, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GROUP E by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GROUP E by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Pyxis
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUERGIDES P
· Aryballos
· -525 to -475
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TORONTO 305, GROUP OF
· Stamnos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ARGIVE GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
PITCHER (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GROUP E by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Douris
· Alabastron
· -500 to -450
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS, FRAGMENT (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GROUP E by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
ARYBALLOS (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
JAR (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CUP (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 174, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GROUP E by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
ALABASTRON (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GROUP E by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
KRATER, COLUMN (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GROUP E by BEAZLEY
· Krater
· -575 to -525
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -575 TO -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS
· Amphora
· -575 TO -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS by FURTWÄNGLER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
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