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)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OLPE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
PITCHER (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps TARAS P+ by GORKAY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LITTLE-LION CLASS by PAUL, E.
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LITTLE-LION CLASS
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SANDAL P
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SANDAL P
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GRIFFIN-BIRD P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GRIFFIN-BIRD P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GRIFFIN-BIRD P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GRIFFIN-BIRD P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GRIFFIN-BIRD P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GRIFFIN-BIRD P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 309, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 309, P OF
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Krater
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Krater
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYDOS by BEAZLEY
· -575 to -525
CUP A, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Kylix
· -550 TO -500
CUP DROOP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
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