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
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -500 to -450
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEAFLESS GROUP by UNKNOWN
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWAN GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, NECK (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-500 to -450
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
OLPE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RHODES 13472, P OF
· -550 to -500
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DOT-IVY GROUP
· -525 to -475
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MUNICH 1755, P OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 346, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LONDON B 495, CLASS OF by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALTENBURG CLASS by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ALTENBURG CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LEYDEN PC25, CLASS OF
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
VATICAN G 47, CLASS OF by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHIUSI P by MOMMSEN
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KEYSIDE CLASS by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-LINE P
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Related to KEYSIDE CLASS
· Oinochoe
· -550 to -500
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOSTON CA, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GRIFFIN-BIRD P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GRIFFIN-BIRD P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GRIFFIN-BIRD P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOSTON CA, P OF
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TARAS P+
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TARAS P+
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TARAS P+
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
OINOCHOE (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
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