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
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MOURNING TROJAN WOMEN, P OF* by SIPSIE-ESCHBACH
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 234, P OF by SIPSIE-ESCHBACH
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYDOS by SIPSIE-ESCHBACH
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP DROOP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
PLAQUE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps SANDAL P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANAVYSOS P by CALLIPOLITIS-FEYTMANS
· -525 to -475
STAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-625 to -575
STAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-625 to -575
STAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-575 to -525
STAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LEBES, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-600 to -550
HYDRIA (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RYCROFT P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RYCROFT P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Oinochoe
· -625 to -575
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 to -550
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-575 to -525
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-600 to -550
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-625 to -575
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
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