The term black figure refers to a style of Greek pottery in which only the figures represented on the clay are painted. The background remains red (clay-colored). The painted figures are black -- whence the name. Using engraving tools, details are inscribed through the black paint, revealing the underlying red.

Sometimes a single vase will appear to be black figure on one side and red figure on the other. Such vessels are referred to as bi-lingual.

	Code: 528 Amphora		Code: 702 Amphora		Code: 719 amphora
	Code: 588 Amphora		Code: 631 Panathenaic amphora		Code: 919 Panathenaic amphora
	Code: 678 amphora		Code: 697 amphora		Code: 537 amphora
	Code: 790 Panathenaic amphora		Code: 918 Panathenaic amphora		Code: 788 Panathenaic amphora

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