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
ALABASTRON (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
LEKANIS, FRAGMENTS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kantharos
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kantharos
LEBES (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, CALYX (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
Krater
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
PITHOS (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
PYXIS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
CUP (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
RING ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
CUP (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
PYXIS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Kantharos
PYXIS (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Pyxis
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Kantharos
MUG (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
KRATER (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
KRATER, FRAGMENT (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
CUP SKYPHOS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (BOEOTIAN, CABIRION WARE, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (BOEOTIAN, CABIRION WARE, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
ALABASTRON (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
CUP (LACONIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP, FRAGMENT (LACONIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP (LACONIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP, SIANA (LACONIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-BLACK P by BRIJDER
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (LACONIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, BELLY (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
HYDRIA (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
INSCRIPTION P
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
CUP (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, BELLY (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
FRAGMENT (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
FRAGMENT (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FRAGMENT (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FRAGMENT (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FRAGMENT (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
CUP (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, NECK (PSEUDO-CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
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