Amasis (potter)

Amasis was a Greek potter who between 560/50 and 530/20 worked in Athens BC.

In the pottery workshop of Amasis also a noted painter, referred to by the potter Amasis as a painter and is known as one of the best archaic vase painters worked. His works are mostly blackfigure, and later red-figure. He and Exekias created the first significant Bildfeldamphoren, in each of which a narrative image is available on both sides.

Famous Works:

  • Bildfeldamphora: Satyrs in the grape harvest (Würzburg, Martin-von -Wagner- Museum )
  • Bildfeldamphora: Dionysos with kantharos and youths with hunted hares and foxes (. Munich, Staatliche Collection of Antiquities )
Amasis Painter Martin-von-Wagner-Museum Dietrich von Bothmer Georg Loeschcke
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