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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

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Psiax · Skyphos · -550 to -500

OLPE (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

RING ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

RING ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ATHENS 581, CLASS OF · Lekythos · -550 to -500

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SAINT VALENTIN VASES, CLASS OF · Aryballos · -425 to -375

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PHIALE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PHIALE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

FIGURE VASE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

FIGURE VASE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Alabastron · -650 to -600

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS LID (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS LID (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORISKOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORISKOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)

LEKYTHOS (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ATHENS 581, CLASS OF · Lekythos · -550 to -500

SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Alabastron · -650 to -600

KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Krater · -600 to -550

OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ATHENS 581, CLASS OF · Lekythos · -550 to -500

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)

ALABASTRON (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, NECK (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, NECK (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

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