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)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Alabastron
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
· -475 to -425
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP KASSEL (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP KASSEL (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -600 to -550
CUP (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP DROOP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
KANTHAROS (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kantharos
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pelike
· -525 to -475
LEKANIS LID, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS GROUP by URE
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 TO -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps HYDRA P* by URE
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-BODIED OINOCHOAI III, CLASS OF by PFISTERER-HAAS
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P by UNKNOWN
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOMPAS GROUP by AHLBERG-CORNELL
· Krater
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP by AHLBERG-CORNELL
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP KASSEL (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP by AHLBERG-CORNELL
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHANYLLIS GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROTALA GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by CESARE
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHANYLLIS GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
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