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
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
KYATHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHANYLLIS GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK CLASS
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps ATHENA P by KUNISCH
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HALF-PALMETTES, P OF THE
· -500 to -450
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RUNNERS P*
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by DEPPERT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P by KURTZ
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 632, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
DINOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Dinos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps BERLIN 1686, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS by PERKINS
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1686, P OF by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEBES, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Group E
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOSTHENES by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
PSYKTER (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RYCROFT P
· Psykter
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Andokides
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOPLITE-LEAVING-HOME, GROUP OF THE
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FAT-RUNNER GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
KRATER, VOLUTE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHANYLLIS GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
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