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, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DINOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Dinos
· -550 to -500
DINOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Dinos
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP KASSEL (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 620, P OF
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORISKOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
KRATER, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
KYATHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
KYATHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
KYATHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
KYATHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
KRATER, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMPANA P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
FIGURE VASE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CLASS G by RICH
· Kantharos
· -525 to -475
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CLASS G by BEAZLEY
· Kantharos
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MICALI P
· Hydria
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENTS (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Amphora
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
FIGURE VASE, MUG (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOSTON 00.332, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Amphora
· -425 to -375
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN A 34, P OF
· Krater
· -625 to -575
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
PELIKE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Pelike
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Psiax
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KEPHISOPHON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LION P
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Krater
· -550 to -500
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)