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
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
MASTOID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
MASTOID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
PYXIS LID (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
PHIALE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Phiale
· -525 to -475
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· -575 to -525
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
PHIALE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Phiale
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
PHIALE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Phiale
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GRIFFIN-BIRD P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GRIFFIN-BIRD P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Related to GRIFFIN-BIRD P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEITIAS
· -575 to -525
FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEITIAS
· -575 to -525
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEITIAS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEITIAS
· -575 to -525
LEBES, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACROPOLIS 601, P OF
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACROPOLIS 606, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACROPOLIS 627, P OF
· Krater
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACROPOLIS 606, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
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