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)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-600 to -550
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Connected with GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
OLPE (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
STAND (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HORSE HEAD AMPHORAE
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HORSE HEAD AMPHORAE
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HORSE HEAD AMPHORAE
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HORSE HEAD AMPHORAE
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HORSE HEAD AMPHORAE
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PANTHER P
· -600 to -550
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PANTHER P
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PANTHER P
· -600 to -550
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
STAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ELEUSIS 767, P OF
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DRESDEN LEKANIS, GROUP OF THE
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DRESDEN LEKANIS, GROUP OF THE
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DRESDEN LEKANIS, GROUP OF THE
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KY P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
XANTHOS 6.3444, P OF
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FALMOUTH P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
ARYBALLOS, POINTED (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, BELLY (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SANDAL P
· Lekythos
· -600 to -550
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMTAR P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMTAR P
· Hydria
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMTAR P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 76, P OF
· Hydria
· -600 to -550
PYXIS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BURGON GROUP
· Pyxis
· -600 TO -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OMAHA P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
DINOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Dinos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)