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 (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Manner ofGORGON P
· -600 TO -550
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EARLY OLPAI, CLASS OF THE
· -600 TO -550
Attisch-schwarzfigurige Lekythos (Deianeiratypus)
Lekythos
· 600-575 v. Chr.
Black-figure Horse-head Panel Amphora
Amphora
· c. 600 BCE-580 BCE
Kylix with Sirens
6256
· Kylix
· 6th century BCE (Archaic)
Oinochoe with Dionysus and Bacchante
18869
· Oinochoe
· 6th-early 5th century BCE (Archaic)
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -600 TO -550
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HORSE HEAD AMPHORAE
· Amphora
· -600 TO -550
Squat Lekythos with Warrior and Standing Men
18885
· Lekythos
· 6th century BCE (Archaic)
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Manner ofGORGON P
· Oinochoe
· -600 TO -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Manner ofGORGON P
· -600 TO -550
Black-figure Globular Aryballos
Aryballos
· 6th century BCE
Bowl
600–480 BCE
Terracotta group: making flour
ca. 600–480 BCE
Seated female figurine
ca. 600–480 BCE
Ring-kernos
600–480 BCE
Seated female figurine
ca. 600–480 BCE
Dinos
Dinos
· 600–480 BCE
Standing female figurine
ca. 600–480 BCE
Jug
600–480 BCE
Jug
600–480 BCE
Standing female figurine
ca. 600–480 BCE
Standing female figurine
ca. 600–480 BCE
Amphoriskos
600–480 BCE
Terracotta woman
ca. 600–480 BCE
Terracotta statuette of a woman
ca. 600–480 BCE
Terracotta figure
ca. 600–480 BCE
Jug
600–480 BCE
Bowl
600–480 BCE
Standing female figurine
ca. 600–480 BCE
Dinos
Dinos
· 600–480 BCE
Terracotta jug
600–480 BCE
Terracotta bell
ca. 600–480 BCE
Terracotta bird
ca. 600–480 BCE
Dinos
Dinos
· 600–480 BCE
Krater, miniature
Krater
· 600–480 BCE
Bell
ca. 600–480 BCE
Terracotta statuette of a nude woman
ca. 600–480 BCE
Amphora
Amphora
· 600–480 BCE
Feet on a plinth
ca. 600–480 BCE
Amphoriskos
600–480 BCE
Head and upper body of a female figurine
ca. 600–480 BCE
Terracotta woman
ca. 600–480 BCE
Seated female figurine
ca. 600–480 BCE
Bowl
600–480 BCE
Juglet
600–480 BCE?
Two figures in a scene of childbirth
ca. 600–480 BCE
Lid of a bowl
600–480 BCE
Standing female figurine
ca. 600–480 BCE
Cup
Kylix
· 1st half of the 6th century BCE
Jug
600–480 BCE
Beardless male head wearing a helmet
ca. 600–480 BCE
Dinos
Dinos
· 600–480 BCE
Amphora
Amphora
· 600–480 BCE
Terracotta shield
ca. 600–480 BCE
Standing female figurine
ca. 600–480 BCE
Standing female figurine
ca. 600–480 BCE
Standing female figurine
ca. 600–480 BCE
Bowl
600–480 BCE
Amphora
Amphora
· 600–480 BCE
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