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)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMEL P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYDOS by MINGAZZINI
· Amphora
· -600 to -550
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Group E
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Group E
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Group E
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Group E
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Group E
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Group E
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Group E
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN MOURNER, P OF THE
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 174, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
XENOKLES
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Amphora
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 61, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 61, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
XENOKLES P by CAHN
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 61, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 61, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PALERMO GORGONEION, P OF THE
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PALERMO GORGONEION, P OF THE
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OAKESHOTT P by BRUCKNER
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OAKESHOTT P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
OAKESHOTT P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 174, GROUP OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
PYXIS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Pyxis
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIUSI P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Perhaps CENTAUR P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP DROOP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RHODES 12264, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RHODES 12264, GROUP OF
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WRAITH P
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WRAITH P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HERMOGENES
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)