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)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
DINOS, FRAGMENTS (CAMPANA, BLACK-FIGURE)
Dinos
DINOS (CAMPANA, BLACK-FIGURE)
Dinos
DINOS (CAMPANA, BLACK-FIGURE)
Dinos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps NICOSIA OLPE, P OF THE
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RYCROFT P
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VILLA GIULIA M 482, P OF by AHLBERG-CORNELL
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P by CAHN
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -575 to -525
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PITTSBURGH P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps KROKOTOS GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
FIGURE VASE (CORINTHIAN)
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
TANKARD (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
MASTOID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Kantharos
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
PITCHER (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Kylix
POMEGRANATE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -425 to -375
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALABASTRON (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
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