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Six's Technique (Technique, Concept)

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en: Six’s technique describes figures painted in white, red, or pink silhouette on a black surface with their details incised (see Incised). Although giving the appearance of red-figure (see Red-figure), it is considered an example of polychrome painting (see Polychrome; see Black Polychrome; see Added Color). The technique is first used for full figures ca. 530 BCE and continues through the early 5th c. BCE. Mainly appearing on small vessels, such as the lekythos, its invention is attributed to the potter Nikosthenes (see Nikosthenes). Versions have been identified on vases from Corinth, Boeotia, and East Greece. The name derives from the Dutch scholar Jan Six who first described it in the late 19th century.