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
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Krater
· -575 to -525
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Krater
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYDOS by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
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