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
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -550 to -500
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN CLASS
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LERICI GROUP+
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Psiax
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 309, P OF
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PANTHER AMPHORISKOI, P OF THE by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -600 to -550
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MARMARO P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P by BOTHMER
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
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