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
PITCHER (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
PLATE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
PITCHER (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
PLATE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
PLATE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
PITCHER (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
PLATE (ETRUSCAN, SILHOUETTE)
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
PLATE (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Companion of POLOS P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
ARYBALLOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Companion of POLOS P
· Aryballos
· -600 to -550
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Companion of POLOS P
· Pyxis
· -600 to -550
STAND (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
KRATER (CYPRIOT, MYCENAEAN STYLE, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HORSE HEAD AMPHORAE
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
PYXIS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Pyxis
STAND (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
PITCHER (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
KRATER (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Kantharos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 II, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
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