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)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
MUG (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORISKOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -500 to -450
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, BELLY (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Pyxis
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
PYXIS LID (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
PYXIS LID (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
AMPHORA, NECK (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
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)
PESCIA P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
STAND, FRAGMENT (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HORSE-BIRD GROUP
· -600 to -550
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
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
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (IONIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
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