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)
HAIMON GROUP by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by ALEXANDRESCU
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LANCUT GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LANCUT GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P by ALEXANDRESCU
· Pyxis
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMPANA P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ELAIOUS I, P OF
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WHITWORTH P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LANCUT GROUP
· Skyphos
· -500 to -450
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BRUSSELS R 245, P OF
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP by WOJCIK
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONG-NOSE P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Related to LYDOS by KURTZ
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOPLITE-LEAVING-HOME, GROUP OF THE
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
MASTOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Psiax
· Krater
· -525 to -475
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P by UNKNOWN
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHANYLLIS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MALIBU P*
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMSTERDAM 2148, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MALIBU P*
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWING P by BÖHR
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AINIPYLOS P
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MARATHON P by UNKNOWN
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
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