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)
EMPORION P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -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
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (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)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
PLEMOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOSTON CA, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EMPORION P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· Hydria
· -625 to -575
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· -600 to -550
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Loutrophoros
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· -500 to -450
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps ATHENA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GROUP E by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)