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)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AGORA P 24381, GROUP OF by CESARE
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by CESARE
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by CESARE
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -500 to -450
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
WÜRZBURG 346, CLASS OF by PFISTERER-HAAS
· Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by UNKNOWN
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P by UNKNOWN
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HOUND-AND-HARE GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KALINDERU GROUP by UNKNOWN
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DELOS 555, GROUP OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GELA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
COCK GROUP
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
FAT-RUNNER GROUP
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LANCUT GROUP
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LANCUT GROUP
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CHC GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -400 to -300
LOUTROPHOROS (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Loutrophoros
· -575 to -525
LOUTROPHOROS (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Loutrophoros
· -575 to -525
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENA P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
DINOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Dinos
· -550 to -500
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RAGUSA GROUP+
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -500 to -450
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
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
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