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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

RING ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

RING ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

DIOSPHOS P · Lekythos · -525 to -475

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

DIOSPHOS P · Lekythos · -525 to -475

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

FIGURE VASE, ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

FIGURE VASE, ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Aryballos · -600 to -550

ALABASTRON (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)

ALABASTRON (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

CUP (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

CUP (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)

AMPHORISKOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORISKOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, BELLY (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, BELLY (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, BELLY (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, BELLY (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PLEMOCHOE (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PLEMOCHOE (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

DIOSPHOS P · Alabastron · -525 to -475

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, BELLY (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, BELLY (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

DIOSPHOS P · Alabastron · -525 to -475

OLPE, FRAGMENT (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE, FRAGMENT (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (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)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

DIOSPHOS P · Amphora · -525 to -475

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Skyphos · -475 to -425

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)

KRATER, COLUMN (NORTH GREEK, BLACK-FIGURE)

PLEMOCHOE (CORINTHIAN)

PLEMOCHOE (CORINTHIAN)

LEKANIS (CORINTHIAN)

LEKANIS (CORINTHIAN)

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)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

DIOSPHOS P · Amphora · -525 to -475

KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

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