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
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P by HEESEN
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Imitation of C P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Imitation of C P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Imitation of C P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Imitation of C P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
XENOKLES P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
XENOKLES P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
XENOKLES P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
XENOKLES P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
XENOKLES P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
XENOKLES P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEISOPHOS by SIGNATURE
· Oinochoe
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LITTLE MASTER GROUP
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LITTLE MASTER GROUP
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LITTLE MASTER GROUP
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LITTLE MASTER GROUP
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
PLATE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PALERMO GORGONEION, P OF THE
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CARON GROUP
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AGORA P 1241, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AGORA P 1241, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AGORA P 1241, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 81, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 81, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 81, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RHODES 12264, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RHODES 12264, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RHODES 12264, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RHODES 12264, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RHODES 12264, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
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