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
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHANYLLIS GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
PHORMISKOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 461, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -500 to -450
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Loutrophoros
· -550 to -500
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Loutrophoros
· -550 to -500
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Loutrophoros
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Loutrophoros
· -525 to -475
LEBES, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
LEBES, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LEBES, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
DINOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Dinos
· -525 to -475
KRATER (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Krater
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P by OLSHAUSEN
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KX P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
· -550 to -500
PYXIS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
· -525 to -475
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOBART GROUP* by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P by UNKNOWN
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 351, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GOLVOL GROUP
· Krater
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 309, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS by ROBINSON
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
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