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, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DRESDEN LEKANIS, GROUP OF THE
· Krater
· -600 to -550
CHALICE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DRESDEN LEKANIS, GROUP OF THE
· -600 to -550
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DRESDEN LEKANIS, GROUP OF THE
· -600 to -550
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
DINOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Connected with DRESDEN LEKANIS, GROUP OF THE
· Dinos
· -600 to -550
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SEGMENT CLASS
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKANIS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KOMAST GROUP by BEAZLEY
· -600 to -550
PYXIS (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KOMAST GROUP by BEAZLEY
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KOMAST GROUP by TALCOTT
· Skyphos
· -600 to -550
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KOMAST GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Kylix
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
KANTHAROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KOMAST GROUP by BEAZLEY
· Kantharos
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
KYATHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
MASTOID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
MASTOID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
PYXIS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
PYXIS LID (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
PHIALE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Phiale
· -525 to -475
PLAQUE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· -575 to -525
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
PHIALE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Phiale
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
PHIALE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Phiale
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SAPPHO P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
PLATE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)