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, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP KASSEL, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Tradition of the BERLIN P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Krater
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 TO -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN A 34, P OF
· Krater
· -625 to -575
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN A 34, P OF
· Krater
· -650 to -600
SKYPHOS KRATER (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN A 34, P OF
· Krater
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LION P
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA, BELLY (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PIRAEUS P
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PIRAEUS P
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
SKYPHOS KRATER, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIMAERA P
· Krater
· -625 to -575
LID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIMAERA P
· -625 to -575
LID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIMAERA P
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· Amphora
· -625 TO -575
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIMAERA P
· -625 to -575
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· -625 to -575
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· -625 to -575
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· Krater
· -625 TO -575
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· Krater
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA, BELLY (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· -625 to -575
LID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· -625 to -575
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· -625 to -575
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· -625 to -575
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P by KÜBLER
· -625 to -575
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· -625 to -575
SKYPHOS KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to CHIMAERA P by BEAZLEY
· Krater
· -625 to -575
SKYPHOS KRATER, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to CHIMAERA P by BEAZLEY
· Krater
· -625 to -575
DINOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Dinos
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, BELLY (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Oinochoe
· -600 to -550
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)