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
KRATER, VOLUTE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P by KAROUZOU
· Krater
· -550 to -500
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -600 to -550
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 51, P OF by KOCH-HARNACK
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHAROS P
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
CUP KASSEL (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps WÜRZBURG 351, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
DINOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Dinos
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by GENIERE
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKANIS LID, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RUNNERS P*
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RUNNERS P*
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RUNNERS P*
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RUNNERS P*
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RUNNERS P*
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHANYLLIS CLASS
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN CLASS
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOMACHOS SERIES
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-625 to -575
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -400 to -300
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
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