Amasis (potter)

Amasis was an ancient Attic potter, active in Athens between 560/550 and 530/520 BC.

Amasis’s pottery workshop also employed a well-known painter, who is conventionally named the Amasis Painter after the potter, and generally considered one of the best Archaic vase painters.

His works are mostly black-figure, but some red-figure vase paintings by him do occur.

He and Exekias produced the first major painted amphorae with a narrative image on front and back, respectively.

Famous works:

Olpe by the Amasis Painter; Paris, Louvre F 30
Signature by Amasis on an olpe , 550-540 BC; Paris, Louvre F 30
Band cup potted by Amasis and painted by the Amasis Painter, 550-540 BC, LouvreF 75