Ο ζωγράφος του Πειραιά

The painter of (the vase) of Piraeus was one of the first painters of black-figure pottery and it seems that he was active between 630 and 600 BCE. He is a representative of the Late Proto-Attic period of pottery production, which is related to Piraeus’ and Nessos’ amphoras. However the obvious difference in the quality of the glaze raises reasonable questions: Has a different kind of clay been used? The differences are byproducts of technique used in firing? Clay has come from Attic land? Has a microscopic analysis of the clay and glaze been done in the Amphora of Piraeus? Is there, in the end, the possibility that this artifact is Corinthian in origin?