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)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKANIS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
LID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AGORA P 24340, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AGORA P 24340, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AGORA P 24340, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AGORA P 24340, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AGORA P 24340, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AGORA P 24340, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AGORA P 24340, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
STAMNOS (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Stamnos
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps RYCROFT P
· Krater
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Loutrophoros
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -625 to -575
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (CHALCIDIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Loutrophoros
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEVRES 100, P OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 STYLE A, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 STYLE B, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 STYLE B, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 STYLE B, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 STYLE B, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 STYLE B, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 STYLE B, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
JAR (EGYPTIAN, SILHOUETTE)
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
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