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
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHARIOT P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHARIOT P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TOP BAND STEMLESS, CLASS OF
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 51, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Pyxis
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
AMPHORA, BELLY (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Pyxis
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
AMPHORISKOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
STAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK AND LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)