Mikion (potter)

Mikion (Μικιων) was a Greek potter who worked in Athens in the late 5th century BC. Chr.

He is known for his potter's signature on two vases and a pinax :

Fragment of a Lekanis from the Pnyx : Athens, Agora Pnyx 124 (P 349)
Fragments of a lekanis from the Athens Acropolis : Athens, National Museum Akr. 594
Fragment of a pinax from the Athens Acropolis: Athens, National Museum Akr. 1051

The two Lekanis fragments were decorated by the same painter who was later named the Mikion painter , the Pinax was painted by another painter.

literature

John D. Beazley : Attic red-figure vase-painters . 2nd edition, Oxford 1963, p. 1341.
Rainer Vollkommer : Mikion (I). In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , p. 81.

personal data
SURNAME	Mikion
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Μικιων (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek potter
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr.