partner, Pamphaios, somewhere between 505 and 500 BC and continued under his direction for a number of years before it disappeared at about 490. The ceramics The Nikosthenic production while large is not particularly distinguished for its quality. While the vases are well potted and the overall quality of the painting is good there only a few outstanding vases that would hold their own with the more distinguished painters working at that time. In addition to the painters of the Nikosthenic amphora and kyathoi a number of well-known painters were part of the workshop at various times including Psiax, Oltos, the BMN Painter and the Theseus Painter. It is possible that there was a connection with the Andokides workshop which produce very high quality vases in small quantities. One of its primary painters, the Lysippides Painter, may have produced a series of elaborate kylixes with gorgoneion heads in the interior for the workshop. References Further reading John Beazley, "Attic Black-figure Vase-Painters, 1954. Michael M. Eisman, Attic Kyathos Painters, 1971. Michael M. Eisman, "Nikosthenic Amphorae" The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 1 (1974) 43-54 Michael M. Eisman, "A Further Note on EPOIESEN Signatures" Journal of Hellenic Studies 94 (1974) 172 Michael M. Eisman, "Attic Kyathos Production" Archaeology 28 (1975) 76-82. V. Tosto: The Black-figure Pottery Signed NIKOSTHENESEPOSIEN, Amsterdam 1999 (Allard Pierson Series 11) External links Attic Black-Figure Kyathos (Ladle) by Nikosthenes Bryn Mawr College Art and Artifact Collections Ancient Greek potters 6th-century BC Greek people Artists of ancient Attica