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)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -525 to -475
CUP A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
· -525 to -475
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Alabastron
· -525 to -475
ARYBALLOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Aryballos
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
ANTIMENES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B, FRAGMENT (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
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
LYSIPPIDES P by HOFSTETTER-DOLEGA
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AFFECTER by JOHNSON
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HORSE HEAD AMPHORAE
· Amphora
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (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, BELLY, TYPE B (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, BELLY, TYPE B (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, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BERLIN 1686, P OF
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
EXEKIAS
· 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, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TALEIDES P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
SWING P
· Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
MASTOID (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -550 to -500
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
-550 to -500
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