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
LOUTROPHOROS (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Loutrophoros
· -575 to -525
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Alabastron
· -525 to -475
MUG (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GRIFFIN-BIRD P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAMBURG 1917.477, CLASS OF
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BMN P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUGLIELMI P
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Krater
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MICHIGAN P by NATI
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-625 to -575
CUP SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -600 to -550
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LITTLE-LION CLASS
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LITTLE-LION SHAPE
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LITTLE-LION SHAPE
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LITTLE-LION SHAPE
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CORCHIANO GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RODIN 1000, P OF
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RODIN 1000, P OF
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RODIN 1000, P OF
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
DINOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Dinos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
KRATER, COLUMN (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
SKYPHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
CUP (LACONIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, NECK (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
CUP (LACONIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, BAIL (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
PLEMOCHOE (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Kantharos
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