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)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TORONTO 283, WORKSHOP OF* by CALLIPOLITIS-FEYTMANS
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Connected with COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FRIENDS OF THE CENTAURS, GROUP OF* by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P by FREL
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHANYLLIS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Skyphos
· -525 TO -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Alabastron
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WALTERS 48.42, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
STAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIKAIOS P
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CERAMEICUS P by VILLARD
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
TANKARD (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Related to BLACKNECK CLASS by HASPELS
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P by STÄHLER
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps ATHENA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Kylix
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
KRATER, FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Krater
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BAREISS P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
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