Name vase

As Namenvase is known in classical archeology certain vases, according to their particular characteristics, an otherwise unknown name vase painter received a Notnamen.

The award of these Notnamen was necessary because most of the ancient vase painters unsigned; However, in order to be able to distinguish individual artistic personalities, they resorted to the Notnamen. The name derives from things like motives, owner, Locations, Repositories, inscriptions or pottery can be. For vases from Athens is a large part of the archaeologist John D. Beazley been eponymous act of these vases systematically worked first in South Italian vases of the archaeologist Arthur D. Trendall.

Significant representatives who were named after a Namenvase, for example, the painter of Berlin A 34, the Nessus Painter, Andokides Painter, Antimenes painter, Antiphon Painter, the Berlin Painter and the Pistoxenos painter.

See also List of ancient artists with a list of numerous ancient artists with Notnamen.

• Ancient vase painting