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
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, FIKELLURA, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
JUG, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
STAND (CYCLADIC GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
KRATER (CYCLADIC GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
STAND (CYCLADIC GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
CUP, FRAGMENT (CYCLADIC GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Kylix
CUP, FRAGMENT (CYCLADIC GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Kylix
KRATER (CYCLADIC GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
OINOCHOE (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
NESTORIS (MESSAPIAN, SILHOUETTE)
NESTORIS (MESSAPIAN, SILHOUETTE)
NESTORIS (MESSAPIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
AMPHORISKOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORISKOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, BELLY (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
KRATER, COLUMN (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (PONTIC, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (PONTIC, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
KRATER, COLUMN (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Krater
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Krater
· -575 to -525
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
OLPE (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 73, P OF
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Aryballos
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
Vessel with a Departure Scene
6256
· Amphora
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
CUP (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LITTLE-LION CLASS
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Kylix
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Alabastron
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
ALABASTRON (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN)
Alabastron
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
FRAGMENTS (PONTIC, BLACK-FIGURE)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
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