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, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P by PHILIPPAKI
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COPENHAGEN 68, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, P OF
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
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
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EMPORION P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
UPROOTER CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Related to RED-LINE P
· Pelike
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OXFORD LID, GROUP OF THE
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BOTHMER
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BORRIELLO
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Hydria
· -600 to -550
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 76, P OF
· Hydria
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENEAN
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BUCCI P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAGROS GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P by PHILIPPAKI
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TIMIADES P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KYLLENIOS P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
OLPE, FRAGMENTS (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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