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Attic Lip Cup

Creator

Potter

Artist

Tleson worked as both a potter and a vase-painter in Athens from about 555 to 535 B.C., creating vases in the black-figure technique. He decorated only Little Master cups, a new, taller, elegant cup form. He is known from over sixty signed cups and others attributed to him on the basis of style. Tleson specialized in miniature figures of animals with a lot of added color, although many of his vase

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Date: 540–530 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Greek (Attic)
Department: Vessels
Institution: Getty Museum

This cup is reconstructed from fragments and has an offset lip. The interior is black with a reserved tondo containing a central black dot surrounded by black rings. The inner edge of the rim is also reserved. The exterior has a black ring under the offset. The handle contains misfired black glaze. Each handle is flanked by a small tendril and palmette with added red used for the core. Underneath, the rest of the body, stem, and foot are black, with the exception of a thin reserved band around the lower body and the reserved edge of the foot. Each side of the cup is inscribed with the name of the potter. TLESONHONEARXOEPOIESEN

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