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 P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P by ZIMMERMANN-ELSEIFY
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Hydria
PITCHER (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MARATHON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
KRATER (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Pyxis
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1812, CLASS AND GROUP OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Krater
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES P
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by FREYER-SCHAUENBURG
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GRIFFIN-BIRD P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NICOSIA OLPE, P OF THE
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CRACOW CLASS* by FREYER-SCHAUENBURG
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Lekythos
· -525 TO -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHANYLLIS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP DROOP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
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