Psiax

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Psiax (flourished in Athens circa 525–510 BCE) was an ancient Greek vase painter. He played an important role in the transition from Attic black-figure to red-figure. Formerly called the Menon Painter, after the potter’s signature on a red-figure amphora (Philadelphia, U. PA, Mus., 5349), he signed two red-figure alabastra as painter, both of which bear the signature of the potter Hilinos [Karlsruhe, Bad. Landesmus., 242 (B 120) and Odessa, A. Mus.]. Psiax also knew white-ground pottery techniques, as well as coral red pottery techniques.

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• The Getty Museum - Biography of Psiax

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