Telesias

Telesias was a Greek potter, active in the middle of the 6th century BC. In Athens .

He is only known by his signature under both handles of a ribbon bowl in Athens, National Museum 2503 (not 2466). The name was not clearly legible, John D. Beazley calls it “Teles ?? or Telesias ?? ”, according to the latest reading it says Telesais, probably as a prescription from Telesias. He is one of the little masters .

literature

John D. Beazley: Attic Black-figure Vase-painters , Oxford 1956, pp. 177-178.
Peter Heesen: Teles (?). In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , p. 438.
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum , Athens, Musée National 3 , pp. 13-14, Fig. 1, Supplement 5, 2, Pl. 1, 2.

Web links

Athens, National Museum 2503 in the Beazley Archive (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Telesias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek potter
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	6th century BC Chr.