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 (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Amphora
· -425 to -375
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
FIGURE VASE, MUG (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOSTON 00.332, CLASS OF
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Amphora
· -425 to -375
KRATER, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN A 34, P OF
· Krater
· -625 to -575
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
PELIKE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Pelike
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ETRUSCAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Psiax
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KEPHISOPHON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LION P
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Krater
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS KRATER (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN A 34, P OF
· Krater
· -625 to -575
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIMAERA P
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
OLPE (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIMAERA P
· Amphora
· -625 to -575
OLPE (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS KRATER, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIMAERA P
· Krater
· -625 to -575
AMPHORA, NECK (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ELEUSIS 767, P OF
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
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
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, KASSEL, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, KASSEL, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
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