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
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUIDE-LINE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ELAIOUS I, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ELAIOUS I, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LANCUT GROUP
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LANCUT GROUP
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LANCUT GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Connected with LANCUT GROUP
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to LANCUT GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EMPORION P
· Alabastron
· -550 to -500
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EMPORION P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EMPORION P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUIDE-LINE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EMPORION P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 288, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 288, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 288, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 288, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUIDE-LINE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Alabastron
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
CUP DROOP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by HASPELS
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUIDE-LINE CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)