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
LID (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RHODES 10480, P OF
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RHODES 10480, P OF
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DAYBREAK P by HASPELS
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -600 to -550
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DAYBREAK P by HASPELS
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DAYBREAK P by HASPELS
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RHODES 13472, P OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BUROW
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DAYBREAK P by HASPELS
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by BEAZLEY
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DAYBREAK P by HASPELS
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 161, P OF
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 23, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NICOSIA OLPE, P OF THE
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 23, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1833, P OF
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH ATALANTE, P OF* by KUNZE-GÖTTE
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NICOSIA OLPE, P OF THE
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NICOSIA OLPE, P OF THE
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NICOSIA OLPE, P OF THE
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NICOSIA OLPE, P OF THE
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TLESON P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN P
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KUBAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOLPHIN GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FAT-RUNNER GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KUBAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FAT-RUNNER GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FAT-RUNNER GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 52, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to KUBAN GROUP
· Amphora
· -425 to -375
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FAT-RUNNER GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FAT-RUNNER GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CIVICO P
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
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