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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

Black-figure Lekythos: Charioteer with Horses

Black-figure Lekythos: Charioteer with Horses

Lekythos · 5th century BCE

Black-figure Lekythos: Reticulate Pattern

Black-figure Lekythos: Reticulate Pattern

Lekythos · 4th century BCE

Black-figure Lekythos: Seated and Standing Pair flanked by Two Standing Figures

Black-figure Lekythos: Seated and Standing Pair flanked by Two Standing Figures

Lekythos · 5th century BCE

Black-figure Lekythos: Two Warriors flanked by Two Standing Figures

Black-figure Lekythos: Two Warriors flanked by Two Standing Figures

Lekythos · 5th century BCE

Alabastron (oil flask): Female Figure Seated to Right

Alabastron (oil flask): Female Figure Seated to Right

the Diosphos Painter · Alabastron · 5th century BCE

Black-Figure Alabastron: Two Roosters

Black-Figure Alabastron: Two Roosters

Alabastron · 6th century BCE

Black-figure Kylix

Black-figure Kylix

Kylix · 4th century BCE

Alabastron (oil flask): Man with Wineskin

Alabastron (oil flask): Man with Wineskin

Alabastron · 5th century BCE

Black-figure Lekythos: Seated Figure at the foot of a Reclining Figure

Black-figure Lekythos: Seated Figure at the foot of a Reclining Figure

Lekythos · 5th century BCE

Lekythos (oil flask): Seated Figure playing a Lyre flanked by Two Seated Listeners

Lekythos (oil flask): Seated Figure playing a Lyre flanked by Two Seated Listeners

Lekythos · 5th century BCE

Lekythos (oil flask): Three Palmettes

Lekythos (oil flask): Three Palmettes

Lekythos · 5th century BCE

Black-figure Kylix: Silenus between Palmettes

Black-figure Kylix: Silenus between Palmettes

Attic Black-figure Palmette Lekythos

Attic Black-figure Palmette Lekythos

Lekythos · 5th century BCE

Black-figure White-ground Lekythos: Figure with Spear leading a Team of Horses

Black-figure White-ground Lekythos: Figure with Spear leading a Team of Horses

Black-figure Kylix: Figure Running to Right

Black-figure Kylix: Figure Running to Right

Kylix · 5th century BCE

Kabeirion Skyphos depicting Kirke or Penelope at the loom

Kabeirion Skyphos depicting Kirke or Penelope at the loom

Skyphos · 5th century BCE

Black-figure Lekythos: Four Palmettes

Black-figure Lekythos: Four Palmettes

Lekythos · 5th century BCE

Black-figure Lekythos: Three Palmettes

Black-figure Lekythos: Three Palmettes

Lekythos · 5th century BCE

Attische Schale. ohne Rand, auf hohem Fuß

Attische Schale. ohne Rand, auf hohem Fuß

Kylix · 550-600 n. Chr.

Attische Hydria

Attische Hydria

Hydria · 550-600 n. Chr.

Kantharos, böotisch (Kantharos)

Kantharos, böotisch (Kantharos)

Kantharos · 550-600 n. Chr.

Attisch-schwarzfigurige Hydria

Attisch-schwarzfigurige Hydria

Antimenes-Maler · Hydria · 575-600 n. Chr.

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)

FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)

SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Skyphos · -500 to -450

OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMASIS P by BEAZLEY · -575 to -525

ARYBALLOS, POINTED (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ARYBALLOS, POINTED (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Amphora · -525 to -475

OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMASIS P by BEAZLEY · -575 to -525

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMASIS P · -550 to -500

LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SAPPHO P · Loutrophoros · -525 to -475

OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMASIS P · Oinochoe · -575 to -525

OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMASIS P · Oinochoe · -575 to -525

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMASIS P · Lekythos · -575 to -525

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMASIS P · Lekythos · -575 to -525

CUP (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

CUP (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

NIOBID P · Kylix · -475 to -425

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMASIS P · Lekythos · -575 to -525

PLATE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PLATE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMASIS P · Lekythos · -575 to -525

AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)

AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMASIS P · Lekythos · -575 to -525

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMASIS P · Lekythos · -575 to -525

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

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

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

LYSIPPIDES P by PAUL, E. · Amphora · -550 to -500

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

CHICAGO P · Alabastron · -475 to -425

CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMASIS P · Kylix · -575 to -525

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

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