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
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps PESCIA P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE PS PELIKE, CLASS OF THE
· Pelike
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HARROW CLASS
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF by HOFFMANN
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HARROW CLASS
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOUBLEENS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PISTIAS CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P
· -525 to -475
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, MINIATURE PANATHENAIC (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, MINIATURE PANATHENAIC (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
EPINETRON, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-BAND CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to DOUBLEENS
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GROUP P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GROUP P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
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