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 (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BRUSSELS R 245, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BRUSSELS R 245, P OF by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
PHIALE (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Phiale
ARYBALLOS (ITALO-CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PRINCETON P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BUCCI P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOMACHOS SERIES
· Amphora
· -400 to -300
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS GROUP
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P by HASPELS
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAYLUS P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 57, GROUP OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LID (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· -575 to -525
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMPANA P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMPANA P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP B, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Akin to CAMPANA P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NORTH SLOPE R 159, P OF
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
LEKANIS LID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
PHIALE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Phiale
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
PYXIS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Pyxis
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (?), FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
PHRYNOS P by SCHLÜTER
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, MINIATURE PANATHENAIC (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
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