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By Worthington Galleries
May 9, 2021
110 Main Street, Gallatin (Nashville), TN, United States
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LOT 163P:

First Ed. THE AMASIS PAINTER by Semni Karouzo, 1956

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First Ed. THE AMASIS PAINTER by Semni Karouzo, 1956
THE AMASIS PAINTER by Semni Karouzo | Published: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956; from the Series Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology | Hardbound cloth with dust jacket; xii + 46 pages, with 44 plates | Approx. Size: 11.5" H x 9" W | This first edition discusses the work of the Amasis Painter, an ancient Greek vase-painter who worked in the black-figure technique. His name comes from eleven vases and one fragment painted by the same hand that are signed 'Amasis mepoiesen, ' meaning 'Amasis made me.' Along with Exekias, the artist is credited with carrying the technique to its maturity. With forty four pages of black and white plates depicting the artist's work | In Excellent Condition.