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)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, MINIATURE PANATHENAIC (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Psiax
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
STAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Related to LYDOS
· Krater
· -575 to -525
KRATER (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (PROTOCORINTHIAN, SILHOUETTE)
Aryballos
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
FEEDER (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
RING ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
RING ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TALEIDES P
· Lekythos
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BULAS GROUP
· Alabastron
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -600 to -550
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
CUP A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -600 to -550
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HEIDELBERG P by BRIJDER
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -500 to -450
LEKANIS LID, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN (?), BLACK-FIGURE)
-575 to -525
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ATHENS 581, CLASS OF
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EDINBURGH P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Elbows Out
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
CAMBRIDGE 51, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
NIKOSTHENES P
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
LEKANIS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
GROUP E by SIDOROVA
· -575 to -525
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-600 to -550
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
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