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
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 221, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 221, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LITTLE-LION CLASS by DUNANT
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 221, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 221, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK AND LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 221, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 221, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
KYATHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF by DUNANT
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOAI, FLAT-MOUTHED by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OINOCHOAI, FLAT-MOUTHED by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP
· -550 to -500
STAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DUBOIS CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Connected with LOUVRE F 161, P OF
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-BAND CLASS
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PROMETHEUS P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1512, P OF by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GROUP E by SCHÖNE-DENKINGER
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 28, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GRIFFIN-BIRD P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
INCENSE BURNER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to NICOSIA OLPE, P OF THE
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to NICOSIA OLPE, P OF THE
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1842, P OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by OLMOS
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHILLES P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHILLES P
· Amphora
· -475 to -425
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FAT-RUNNER GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)