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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
AMPHORA, NECK AND LID (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
AMPHORA, NECK AND LID (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1416, P OF · Amphora · -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF · Amphora · -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF · Hydria · -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOXENOS P · Amphora · -550 to -500
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kantharos
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kantharos
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOXENOS P · Amphora · -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF · Hydria · -550 to -500
PLEMOCHOE (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PLEMOCHOE (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PLATE (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PLATE (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
PYXIS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PYXIS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
STAMNOS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
STAMNOS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Stamnos
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF · Amphora · -550 to -500
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kantharos
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOXENOS P · Amphora · -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF · Amphora · -550 to -500
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis · -425 to -375
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 179, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY · Amphora · -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 179, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY · Amphora · -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix · -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Psiax · Hydria · -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Psiax · Hydria · -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Psiax · Hydria · -550 to -500
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Psiax · -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOXENOS P · Hydria · -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AGRIGENTO P · Aryballos · -500 to -450
CUP C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CUP C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Psiax · Kylix · -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1686, P OF · Amphora · -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
FRAGMENT (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
KRATER (PROTOATTIC, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER (PROTOATTIC, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
AMPHORA, NECK (ARGIVE GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ARGIVE GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1686, P OF · Amphora · -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1686, P OF · Amphora · -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY · Amphora · -550 to -500
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos · -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF · -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY · Amphora · -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY · Amphora · -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY · Amphora · -550 to -500
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Pyxis
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-400 to -300
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe · -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1519, P OF by BEAZLEY · Amphora · -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY · Amphora · -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY · Hydria · -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON P by BEAZLEY · Amphora · -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe · -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by UNKNOWN · Hydria · -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OXFORD 224, P OF · Oinochoe · -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BRUSSELS R 236, P OF · Oinochoe · -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BRUSSELS R 236, P OF by BEAZLEY · -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BRUSSELS R 236, P OF · Oinochoe · -550 to -500
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUCHARIDES P by BEAZLEY · Pelike · -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 495, CLASS OF · Oinochoe · -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF · Lekythos · -525 to -475
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