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
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
PLAQUE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PLAQUE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PLAQUE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PLAQUE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by VOS
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
OINOCHOE (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Oinochoe
· -575 to -525
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Oinochoe
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIUSI P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PASIKLES P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Oinochoe
· -575 to -525
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Oinochoe
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Oinochoe
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EMPORION P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
CUP (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIOBID P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
PLATE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P by PAUL, E.
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHICAGO P
· Alabastron
· -475 to -425
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
BOWL (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
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