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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)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Lekythos · -500 to -450

KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Leagros Group · Krater · -550 to -500

CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

THESEUS P · Kylix · -525 to -475

CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Kylix · -550 to -500

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

COCK GROUP · Lekythos · -525 to -475

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LITTLE-LION CLASS · Lekythos · -525 to -475

AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Amphora · -550 to -500

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

RING ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

RING ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

RING VASE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

RING VASE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

CHALICE, FRAGMENTS (EAST GREEK, NAUCRATITE, BLACK-FIGURE)

CHALICE, FRAGMENTS (EAST GREEK, NAUCRATITE, BLACK-FIGURE)

CHALICE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, NAUCRATITE, BLACK-FIGURE)

CHALICE, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, NAUCRATITE, BLACK-FIGURE)

DINOS, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CLAZOMENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

DINOS, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CLAZOMENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CLAZOMENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CLAZOMENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SITULA, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, SILHOUETTE)

SITULA, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, SILHOUETTE)

FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)

ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)

MEZZACAPO P · Aryballos

ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OBERDAN WORKSHOP · Aryballos

OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LID, FRAGMENT (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)

LID, FRAGMENT (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Alabastron · -400 to -300

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

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