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)
CASTELLANI P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUGLIELMI GROUP by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GOLTYR P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUGLIELMI GROUP by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GOLTYR P by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KYLLENIOS P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POINTED NOSE GROUP by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TIMIADES P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POINTED NOSE GROUP by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GOLTYR P by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GOLTYR P by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PROMETHEUS P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TIMIADES P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 TO -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GOLTYR P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TIMIADES P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
DINOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Dinos
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUGLIELMI GROUP by BOTHMER
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TIMIADES P by BOTHMER
· Oinochoe
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by UNKNOWN
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, SILHOUETTE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -475 to -425
PLEMOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
PLEMOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
PLEMOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Krater
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
ALABASTRON (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
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