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)
DIOSPHOS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
· -475 to -425
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EMPORION P
· Alabastron
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps BELDAM WORKSHOP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps BELDAM WORKSHOP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FAT-RUNNER GROUP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FAT-RUNNER GROUP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHANYLLIS GROUP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOPLITE-LEAVING-HOME, GROUP OF THE by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOPLITE-LEAVING-HOME, GROUP OF THE by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOPLITE-LEAVING-HOME, GROUP OF THE by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF by DUNANT
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP by DUNANT
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by DUNANT
· Skyphos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P by DUNANT
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)