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)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ELBOWS OUT by UNKNOWN
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Alabastron
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
AMPHORA, BELLY (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
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)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 51, P OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHALCIDIAN by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK CLASS
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEIPZIG T 314, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
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
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Skyphos
· -500 to -450
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