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
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Related to C P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1659, P OF by BAKIR
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EPIGNOTE P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GOLTYR P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Krater
· -600 to -550
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Krater
· -600 to -550
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOTKIN CLASS
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Krater
· -600 to -550
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMEL P by TIBERIOS
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS by BEAZLEY
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TALEIDES P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CASTELLANI P by CAHN
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps TLESON P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Tleson
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Tleson
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE C 10336, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
URE'S CLASS OF SKYPHOI A 1
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
URE'S CLASS OF SKYPHOI A 1
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
URE'S CLASS OF SKYPHOI A 1
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
URE'S CLASS OF SKYPHOI A 1
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
URE'S CLASS OF SKYPHOI A 1
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
URE'S CLASS OF SKYPHOI A 1
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
URE'S CLASS OF SKYPHOI A 1
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
URE'S CLASS OF SKYPHOI A 1
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
URE'S CLASS OF SKYPHOI A 1
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MALIBU P* by TUNA-NÖRLING
· Oinochoe
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
· -425 to -375
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to RHODES 12264, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)