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, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHRYNOS P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ELAIOUS I, P OF
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P by GORBUNOVA
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P by GORBUNOVA
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· Aryballos
· -600 to -550
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOSTON POLYPHEMOS, P OF by BOTHMER
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
PYXIS LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
PYXIS LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FAT-RUNNER GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NICOSIA OLPE, P OF THE
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FP CLASS by STÄHLER
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Nikosthenes
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE by HASPELS
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LERICI GROUP+
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps LYDOS by STÄHLER
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1686, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KALLIS P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THREE-LINE GROUP
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWING P by KURTZ
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
DINOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Dinos
· -550 to -500
DINOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Dinos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Companion of LYDOS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
PYXIS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BMN P
· Pyxis
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOSTON CA, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P by EISMAN
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE by GIUDICE
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE by GIUDICE
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEBES (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
LOUTROPHOROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Loutrophoros
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Related to VATICAN 480, P OF
· -550 to -500
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)