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
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TORONTO 313, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to DOT-IVY GROUP
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to DOT-IVY GROUP
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to DOT-IVY GROUP
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to DOT-IVY GROUP
· -550 to -500
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1833, P OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NICOSIA OLPE, P OF THE
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NICOSIA OLPE, P OF THE
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1833, P OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1833, P OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NICOSIA OLPE, P OF THE
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NICOSIA OLPE, P OF THE
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
A D P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NICOSIA OLPE, P OF THE
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BLACKNECK CLASS
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to MUNICH 1842, P OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VILLA GIULIA 3559, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
PYXIS (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to MUNICH 1842, P OF
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to MUNICH 1842, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OXFORD 213, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to MUNICH 1842, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMIONE GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
ALABASTRON (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATTIC QUERY by UNKNOWN
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FAT-RUNNER GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FAT-RUNNER GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to KUBAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -425 to -375
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FAT-RUNNER GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FAT-RUNNER GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BLACKNECK CLASS
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KITTOS GROUP
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHARIKLEIDES GROUP
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
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