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)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
CUP (CORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Kylix
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ELBOWS OUT by UNKNOWN
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Alabastron
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
AMPHORA, BELLY (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P by BEAZLEY
· Alabastron
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Alabastron
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P by HASPELS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
DINOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Dinos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EMPORION P
· Alabastron
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EMPORION P
· Alabastron
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PISTIAS CLASS
· Skyphos
· -500 to -450
ALABASTRON (ITALIOTE, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EMPORION P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EMPORION P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KY P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
READY P
· Krater
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -600 to -550
ALABASTRON (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Aryballos
OINOCHOE (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Skyphos
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