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
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, P OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, P OF
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, P OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, P OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, P OF
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
EPINETRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to GOLONOS GROUP
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, P OF
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEATTLE GROUP
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEATTLE GROUP
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEATTLE GROUP
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOUBLEENS
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOUBLEENS
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by FREL
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOUBLEENS
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOUBLEENS
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by BOARDMAN
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOUBLEENS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HALF-PALMETTES, P OF THE
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HALF-PALMETTES, P OF THE
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HALF-PALMETTES, P OF THE
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOUBLEENS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HALF-PALMETTES, P OF THE
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HALF-PALMETTES, P OF THE
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HALF-PALMETTES, P OF THE
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOUBLEENS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HALF-PALMETTES, P OF THE
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HALF-PALMETTES, P OF THE
· -525 to -475
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