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
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
CUP DROOP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LOUTROPHOROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Loutrophoros
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -575 to -525
AMPHORISKOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Related to DOLPHIN GROUP
· -575 to -525
CUP B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P
· Alabastron
· -500 to -450
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
THESEUS P
· Hydria
· -525 to -475
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
CUP C (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -550 to -500
ARYBALLOS (CORINTHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
CUP, LITTLE MASTER LIP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
OLPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
OLPE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOEOTIAN QUERY
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
DINOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Dinos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
MARIANI P
· Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
KROKOTOS GROUP
· Skyphos
· -550 to -500
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)