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
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· -625 to -575
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· Krater
· -625 TO -575
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· Krater
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA, BELLY (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· -625 to -575
LID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· -625 to -575
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· -625 to -575
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· -625 to -575
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P by KÜBLER
· -625 to -575
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· -625 to -575
SKYPHOS KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to CHIMAERA P by BEAZLEY
· Krater
· -625 to -575
SKYPHOS KRATER, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to CHIMAERA P by BEAZLEY
· Krater
· -625 to -575
DINOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Dinos
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, BELLY (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Oinochoe
· -600 to -550
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Oinochoe
· -600 to -550
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Lekythos
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· -600 to -550
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Oinochoe
· -600 to -550
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Oinochoe
· -600 to -550
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Oinochoe
· -600 to -550
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Oinochoe
· -600 to -550
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Oinochoe
· -600 to -550
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Oinochoe
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Lekythos
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Lekythos
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P by PAYNE
· Lekythos
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Lekythos
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Lekythos
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
LID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· -600 to -550
LID, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
OLPE (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Imitation of GORGON P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps KY P by BEAZLEY
· -600 to -550
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HORSE HEAD AMPHORAE
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)