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 (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
URE'S CLASS OF SKYPHOI A 1
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
URE'S CLASS OF SKYPHOI A 1
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
URE'S CLASS OF SKYPHOI A 1
· -550 to -500
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HORSE HEAD AMPHORAE
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
URE'S CLASS OF SKYPHOI A 2
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
URE'S CLASS OF SKYPHOI A 2
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
URE'S CLASS OF SKYPHOI A 2
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE C 10336, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE C 10336, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE C 10336, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMBRIDGE 62, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOGIE P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS P by URE
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS P
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (EUBOEAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
SKYPHOS (EUBOEAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMBRIDGE 51, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps CAMBRIDGE 51, P OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OXFORD 213, P OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (EUBOEAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (EUBOEAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 235, P OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1501, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1501, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (EUBOEAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 352, CLASS OF
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE C 11266, P OF
· Krater
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIUSI P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIUSI P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOXENOS P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1519, P OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps MUNICH 1519, P OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
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