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
PLEMOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -600 to -550
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Skyphos
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
MUG (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
PYXIS LID (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, BELLY (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-600 to -550
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
FRAGMENT (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Aryballos
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (IONIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKANIS LID, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by HASPELS
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
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