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
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KX P
· -600 to -550
LEKANIS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CIVICO P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by BOTHMER
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWING P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHANYLLIS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHANYLLIS GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
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)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-BAND CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KALINDERU GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
AMPHORA, NECK (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LITTLE-LION CLASS
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
PYXIS, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ELAIOUS I, P OF
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
PYXIS, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Connected with LANCUT GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
PYXIS LID, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
PYXIS, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
PYXIS, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
BOWL (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
STAMNOS (CORINTHIAN)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Stamnos
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PISTIAS CLASS
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)