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
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Connected with ROBINSON GROUP
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ROBINSON GROUP
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KUBAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -425 to -375
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Connected with ROBINSON GROUP
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KUBAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -425 to -375
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KUBAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -425 to -375
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KUBAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -425 to -375
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KITTOS GROUP
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KITTOS GROUP
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KITTOS GROUP
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHARIKLEIDES GROUP
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHARIKLEIDES GROUP
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOMACHOS SERIES
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOMACHOS SERIES
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOMACHOS SERIES
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOMACHOS SERIES
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THE HOBBLE GROUP
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RING-COLLAR CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RING-COLLAR CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Connected with OXFORD SIREN-JUG, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 346, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to WÜRZBURG 346, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 461, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 440, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALTENBURG CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DUBOIS CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BRUSSELS R 236, P OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KEYSIDE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KEYSIDE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FERRARA T 800, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FERRARA T 800, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
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