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
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LITTLE-LION CLASS
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Skyphos
· -575 to -525
OLPE (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP by KÄSTNER
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Alabastron
· -425 to -375
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OXFORD LID, GROUP OF THE
· Skyphos
· -600 to -550
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
URE'S CLASS OF SKYPHOI A 1
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CLASS G by RICH
· Kantharos
· -525 to -475
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CLASS G by BEAZLEY
· Kantharos
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MICALI P
· Hydria
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENTS (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Amphora
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
FIGURE VASE, MUG (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOSTON 00.332, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Amphora
· -425 to -375
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN A 34, P OF
· Krater
· -625 to -575
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
PELIKE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Pelike
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Psiax
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KEPHISOPHON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LION P
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Krater
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS KRATER (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN A 34, P OF
· Krater
· -625 to -575
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIMAERA P
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
OLPE (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIMAERA P
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
OLPE (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS KRATER, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIMAERA P
· Krater
· -625 to -575
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
DINOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KOMAST GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Dinos
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
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