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 A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 69, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 69, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BMN P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BMN P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BMN P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Krater
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ACHELOOS P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P by MOIGNARD
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 199, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
A D P
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN)
HAIMON GROUP
· Aryballos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TIMIADES P
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
PLEMOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -475 to -425
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Krater
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON P
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MICHIGAN P by NATI
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-625 to -575
AMPHORA, NECK (?), FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GOLTYR P by BOTHMER
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Hydria
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
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