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
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OXFORD 224, P OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BRUSSELS R 236, P OF by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 50, P OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 50, P OF
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-BODIED OINOCHOAI III, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-BODIED OINOCHOAI III, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TROILOS P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 221, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NEANDROS
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KY P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KY P by BEAZLEY
· Krater
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KY P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FALMOUTH P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
OINOCHOE (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FALMOUTH P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FALMOUTH P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
DINOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KYLLENIOS P by BOTHMER
· Dinos
· -575 to -525
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581 I, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Krater
· -600 to -550
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
STAND, FRAGMENT (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HORSE-BIRD GROUP
· -600 to -550
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GOLTYR P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PESCIA P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EYE-SIREN GROUP
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by DEPPERT
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
OLPE (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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