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
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
KRATER, VOLUTE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Krater
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Krater
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TORONTO 305, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by RUMPF
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 48, GROUP OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 620, P OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOSTHENES by UNKNOWN
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BRUSSELS R 236, P OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BRUSSELS R 236, P OF
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
JENA KAINEUS, P OF THE
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
JENA KAINEUS, P OF THE
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 495, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-BODIED OINOCHOAI III, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 118, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOAI SHAPE X
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KUHN CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOAI, FLAT-MOUTHED by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LITTLE BLACK-NECK LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps MUNICH 1842, P OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BLACKNECK CLASS
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to MUNICH 1842, P OF
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHAROS P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE by HASPELS
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE by URE
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
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