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
SITULA, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
SITULA, FRAGMENTS (EAST GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
SITULA, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
SITULA, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)
SARCOPHAGUS, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CLAZOMENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Kylix
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
PHIALE, FRAGMENT (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)
Phiale
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, TRANSITIONAL, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOSTHENIC
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
AMPHORISKOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HYDRIA (EUBOEAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
KRATER (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, CABIRION WARE, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kantharos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
BOWL (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
PLATE (ETRUSCAN, SILHOUETTE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARMING LEKYTHOI, GROUP OF THE by GIUDICE
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
AMPHORA, NECK (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
PLATE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIMAERA P
· -650 to -600
ALABASTRON (EUBOEAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
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