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, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, P OF
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, P OF
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· -500 to -450
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HALF-PALMETTES, P OF THE
· -500 to -450
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Krater
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -500 to -450
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP KASSEL, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Tradition of the BERLIN P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Krater
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
SKYPHOS (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Skyphos
FIGURE VASE, ARYBALLOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· Aryballos
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHARINOS CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KY P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CERAMEICUS P
· -600 to -550
LEKANIS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CERAMEICUS P
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CERAMEICUS P
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CERAMEICUS P
· -600 to -550
LID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CERAMEICUS P
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CERAMEICUS P
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANAGYRUS P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
CHALICE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANAGYRUS P
· -600 to -550
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANAGYRUS P
· -600 to -550
SKYPHOS KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ELEUSIS 767, P OF
· Krater
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ELEUSIS 767, P OF
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DRESDEN LEKANIS, GROUP OF THE
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
LID, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DRESDEN LEKANIS, GROUP OF THE
· -600 to -550
CHALICE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DRESDEN LEKANIS, GROUP OF THE
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DRESDEN LEKANIS, GROUP OF THE
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
STAND (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DRESDEN LEKANIS, GROUP OF THE
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DRESDEN LEKANIS, GROUP OF THE
· -600 to -550
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