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)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HORSE HEAD AMPHORAE
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEBES, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TOP BAND STEMLESS, CLASS OF
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BORGERS
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KOMAST GROUP
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Imitation of KOMAST GROUP by BOTHMER
· Krater
· -600 to -550
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WHITWORTH P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Sophilos
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
DINOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Sophilos
· Dinos
· -600 TO -550
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIUSI P
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SOPHILOS by BOTHMER
· Krater
· -600 to -550
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RHODES 12264, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKANIS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Sophilos
· -600 to -550
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Sophilos
· Pyxis
· -600 to -550
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
POLOS P
· Hydria
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF by UNKNOWN
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMTAR P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMTAR P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
GUTTUS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 76, P OF
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OMAHA P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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