usually as modifierA type of ancient Greek pottery, originating in Corinth in the 7th century BC, in which figures are painted in black, details being added by incising through to the red clay background.
黑彩陶器，黑花陶器（公元前7世纪起源于古希腊科林斯；比较RED-FIGURE ）
a black-figure amphora
黑彩双耳细颈土罐。
Compare with red-figure
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Topically, the antiquities dealer presents a Greek black-figure amphora depicting scenes from the Olympic Games, of around 530-520 BC.
Another innovative formula appears in black-figure at about the same time on a cup by Sakonides.
The music room was intended to complement the antique red- and black-figure Greek vases that adorned the consoles in the great gallery beyond.
Like a master's black-figure vase are the plays of Aeschylus, stiff of form, archaic, and sublime of aesthetics.
In the 6th century, Athenian black-figure supplanted Corinthian and became the dominant ware with workshops exporting painted ceramics throughout the Mediterranean and beyond.