Phrynos was a Greek potter, active in Athens

Athens

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, circa 560-545 BC. He is one of the so-called Little masters

Little Masters (Greek vase painting)

The Little masters were a group of potters and vase painters in the Attic black-figure style of the sixth century BC, active in Athens.They mainly produced Little-master cups, but were not entirely limited to such shapes.The group...

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Three signed Lip cup

Lip Cup

Lip cups are a type of ancient Greek Attic Little-master cups.Lip cups were produced since the middle of the sixth centre BC in Athens. They resemble Gordion cups, but their lip or rim was more clearly distinguished from the rest of the body. They had high feet on broad bases...

s by him are known:

• Boston, Museum of Fine Arts
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   Inv. 03.855
• London, British Museum
  British Museum
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   Inv. 1867.5-8.962 (B 424)
• Torgiano, Wine Museum
  Museo del vino (Torgiano)
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   Inv. A 15

The three vases all appear to have been painted by the same painter, the so-called Phrynos Painter

Phrynos Painter

The Phrynos Painter was an Attic black-figure vase painter, active in Athens between circa 560 and 545 BC.Since his real name is unknown, he was allocated the conventional name Phrynos Painter after the potter Phrynos, as he had painted three cups signed by the latter:*Boston, Museum of Fine Arts...

, to whom some further pieces can be ascribed. The potter Phrynos probably worked together with the potters Archikles and Glaukytes, as some of their vases bear close similarities.