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Nikosthenes
( fl c. 550–c. 505 BC). Greek vase workshop owner. He was owner–operator of one of the largest potteries in 6th-century BC Athens, and he signed over 150 vases as their potter or manufacturer. He is notable for having opened up new export markets by imitating foreign shapes and for having developed new vase painting techniques to compete with Red-figure work. His earliest signed vase, a band cup (Berlin, Pergamonmus., F 1801), is also signed by Anakles, whose name appears on earlier vases. It seems likely that Nikosthenes entered a partnership with him but later had sole control of his workshop. Near the end of the 6th century BC, the workshop’s production seems to have been taken over by Pamphaios, Nikosthenes presumably having retired or died around 505 BC. The workshop apparently ceased activity after the Persian invasion of 480 BC.
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- Nikosthenes (potter; fl c. 550-505 BC)
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