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)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
· -550 to -500
PYXIS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
· -525 to -475
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOBART GROUP* by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P by UNKNOWN
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 351, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GOLVOL GROUP
· Krater
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 309, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS by ROBINSON
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATTIC QUERY
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CRACOW CLASS*
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CARLSRUHE SKYPHOS, P OF THE
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
PYXIS LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
· -550 to -500
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TORONTO 283, WORKSHOP OF*
· -550 to -500
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PLOUSIOS P*
· Pelike
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OXFORD 216, P OF by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COGHILL 988 by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MASTOS P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
PSYKTER (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Psykter
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
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