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
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Leagros Group
· Krater
· -525 to -475
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -500 to -450
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Hydria
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
HAIMON GROUP
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP, LITTLE MASTER BAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP KASSEL, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
SKYPHOS (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC PRIZE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Tradition of the BERLIN P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -550 to -500
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Lydos
· Krater
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
DIOSPHOS P by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
OINOCHOE (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Oinochoe
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P
· Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BOWDOIN P by BEAZLEY
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ITALO-GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
Skyphos
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
TALEIDES SIANA CUPS, CLASS OF* by BRIJDER
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-BLACK P by BRIJDER
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
RED-BLACK P by BRIJDER
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Skyphos
· -575 to -525
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· -575 to -525
LEKANIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· -575 to -525
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Pyxis
· -575 to -525
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Lekythos
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
CUP, SIANA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
C P
· Kylix
· -575 to -525
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)