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
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Connected with GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Connected with GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NETTOS P
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA (?), FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
PLAQUE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HORSE HEAD AMPHORAE
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HORSE HEAD AMPHORAE
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HORSE HEAD AMPHORAE
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
PLATE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Companion of POLOS P
· -600 to -550
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALTENBURG CLASS by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Companion of POLOS P
· -600 to -550
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1755, P OF
· Oinochoe
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COPENHAGEN 68 C, P OF by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
PYXIS LID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 495, CLASS OF by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMTAR P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMTAR P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
GUTTUS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 76, P OF
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OMAHA P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
STAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS GROUP
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KYLLENIOS P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KYLLENIOS P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TIMIADES P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PROMETHEUS P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUGLIELMI P (Black-Figure) by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by DEPPERT
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OXFORD 216, P OF
· Krater
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Krater
· -600 to -550
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Krater
· -600 to -550
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