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)
KEYSIDE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KEYSIDE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KEYSIDE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps KEYSIDE CLASS
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KEYSIDE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUIDE-LINE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUIDE-LINE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUIDE-LINE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -600 to -550
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUIDE-LINE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUIDE-LINE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUIDE-LINE CLASS by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 342, P OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BRUSSELS R 236, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BRUSSELS R 236, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BRUSSELS R 236, P OF
· -525 to -475
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BRUSSELS R 236, P OF
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, P OF
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, P OF
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEATTLE GROUP
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Loutrophoros
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by KUNZE
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
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