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
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KOMAST GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KOMAST GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KOMAST GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -600 to -550
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KOMAST GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KOMAST GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -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
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KOMAST GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, KASSEL, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, KASSEL, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOPLITE-LEAVING-HOME, GROUP OF THE by BONOMI
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP DROOP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP DROOP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHANYLLIS CLASS
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 533, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -475 to -425
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOSTON CA, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SANDAL P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SANDAL P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 309, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 309, P OF
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Krater
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Krater
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
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