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
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EYE-SIREN GROUP
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SPLANCHNOPT P
· Aryballos
· -475 to -425
ALABASTRON (?) FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 314, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
PITCHER (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
BOWL (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Hydria
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Kylix
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Kylix
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP by JUBIER
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF
· Stamnos
· -550 to -500
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF
· Stamnos
· -550 to -500
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF
· Krater
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAGROS GROUP by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKANIS (EUBOEAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (EUBOEAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (EUBOEAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
HYDRIA (EUBOEAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
HYDRIA (UNCERTAIN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
HYDRIA (UNCERTAIN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
LYDION (UNCERTAIN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 179, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (UNCERTAIN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
LYDION (UNCERTAIN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYDION (UNCERTAIN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYDION (UNCERTAIN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1686, P OF by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOXENOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Psiax
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Psiax
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Psiax
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Psiax
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOXENOS P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AGRIGENTO P
· Aryballos
· -500 to -450
CUP C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Psiax
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1686, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
KRATER (PROTOATTIC, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
AMPHORA, NECK (ARGIVE GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1686, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1686, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)