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, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EMPORION P by HASPELS
· Alabastron
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P by FREYER-SCHAUENBURG
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
COLUMBUS ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P by FREYER-SCHAUENBURG
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P by FREYER-SCHAUENBURG
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EUBOEAN QUERY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEBES, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACROPOLIS 606, P OF by FREYER-SCHAUENBURG
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -400 to -300
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-600 to -550
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Loutrophoros
· -550 to -500
LOUTROPHOROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Loutrophoros
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -575 to -525
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P by BOTHMER
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES P by UNKNOWN
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHANYLLIS P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMPANA P by BONOMI
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 to -525
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
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DRESDEN LEKANIS, GROUP OF THE
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MARSYAS P
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
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