Attic Red-Figure Astragalos Fragment

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Syriskos worked as a vase-painter and potter in Athens in the 470s and 460s B.C. The vases by Syriskos include a variety of shapes and even some unusual ones. As a vase-painter, he worked mainly in the red-figure technique, but he occasionally painted white-ground vases. He painted scenes of myth and everyday life in a fairly conventional style. As with other artists who both potted and painted, S