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
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
PLATE (ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
AGRIGENTO P
· Pelike
· -500 to -450
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WURZBURG 351, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 342, CLASS OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
PYXIS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BURGON GROUP
· Pyxis
· -600 TO -550
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps N P
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 49, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN 342, CLASS OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 76, P OF
· Hydria
· -600 to -550
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUIDE-LINE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUIDE-LINE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
PYXIS LID (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUIDE-LINE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
KRATER (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUIDE-LINE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMTAR P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 495, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, SILHOUETTE)
Krater
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GUIDE-LINE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMTAR P
· Hydria
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
N P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 495, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KEYSIDE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMTAR P
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
ALABASTRON (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Alabastron
ARYBALLOS (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
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