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)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KOMAST GROUP
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Imitation of KOMAST GROUP by BOTHMER
· Krater
· -600 to -550
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WHITWORTH P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Sophilos
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
DINOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Sophilos
· Dinos
· -600 TO -550
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIUSI P
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SOPHILOS by BOTHMER
· Krater
· -600 to -550
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RHODES 12264, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKANIS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Sophilos
· -600 to -550
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Sophilos
· Pyxis
· -600 to -550
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· Hydria
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by UNKNOWN
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Related to C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CIVICO P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Related to C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1659, P OF by BAKIR
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EPIGNOTE P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GOLTYR P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Krater
· -600 to -550
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Krater
· -600 to -550
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOTKIN CLASS
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Krater
· -600 to -550
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMEL P by TIBERIOS
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TARAS P+
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMASIS P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PALAZZOLO P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
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