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
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CLASS G by TUGUSHEVA
· Kantharos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERON CLASS
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RHODES 12264, GROUP OF
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP
· Skyphos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 TO -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LANCUT GROUP
· Skyphos
· -500 to -450
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LANCUT GROUP
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Krater
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CHOUS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Oinochoe
· -600 to -550
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Krater
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1760, P OF* by CLARK
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -450 to -400
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ELBOWS OUT by FREYER-SCHAUENBURG
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
PLEMOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
PLEMOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by FREYER-SCHAUENBURG
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KALINDERU GROUP by FREYER-SCHAUENBURG
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by FREYER-SCHAUENBURG
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CRACOW CLASS* by FREYER-SCHAUENBURG
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by FREYER-SCHAUENBURG
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by FREYER-SCHAUENBURG
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
EPINETRON, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
PLAQUE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
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