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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

ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)

ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ATHENS 581, CLASS OF · Lekythos · -550 to -500

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Amphora · -600 to -550

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ATHENS 581, CLASS OF · Lekythos · -550 to -500

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

RING VASE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

RING VASE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

RING VASE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

RING VASE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ATHENS 581, CLASS OF · Lekythos · -550 to -500

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Kylix · -550 to -500

PLEMOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PLEMOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Amphora · -600 to -550

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

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