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 P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CATANIA CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CATANIA CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Pelike
· -525 to -475
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Pelike
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P by BEAZLEY
· Pelike
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 480, P OF
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 2092, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 2092, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 2092, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 2092, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P by TONGLET
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THORVALDSEN MASTOIDS, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THORVALDSEN MASTOIDS, GROUP OF
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OXFORD LID, GROUP OF THE
· Skyphos
· -575 to -525
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