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
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COPENHAGEN 68, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HORSE HEAD AMPHORAE
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 351, P OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -425 to -375
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -425 to -375
AMPHORA, NECK (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FLORAL BAND CUPS, GROUP OF THE
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
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