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
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP by TUNA-NÖRLING
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHANYLLIS GROUP B by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHANYLLIS GROUP E
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS, FRAGMENTS (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BORGERS
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Related to LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Krater
· -575 to -525
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KEYSIDE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Aryballos
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY CLASS
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY CLASS by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GORGON P
· Oinochoe
· -625 to -575
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
PSYKTER (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P
· Psykter
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
STAMNOS (BOEOTIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Stamnos
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (BOEOTIAN, CABIRION WARE, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
FRAGMENT (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
PYXIS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
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