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, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Aryballos
OINOCHOE (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 73, P OF
· Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)
SPHINX P by BENSON
· Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 73, P OF
· Oinochoe
OLPE (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 73, P OF
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)
Workshop ofVATICAN 73, P OF
· Oinochoe
OLPE (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)
SPHINX P by BENSON
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK AND LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOLOGNA 33, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COMPIEGNE 988, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EYE-SIREN GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
OLPE (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EYE-SIREN GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANGULAR P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EYE-SIREN GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EYE-SIREN GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EYE-SIREN GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EYE-SIREN GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EYE-SIREN GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
RING ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
RING ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
PYXIS LID (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SPLANCHNOPT P
· Aryballos
· -475 to -425
ALABASTRON (?) FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 314, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
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