Sokles was an ancient Greek potter, active in the middle of the 6th century BC, in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

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The following signed Little-master cups or fragments thereof are known, all of them painted by the Sokles Painter:

• Berlin, Antikensammlung F 1781
• Bolligen, Collection Rolf Blatter
• Daskyleion, Excavation E 108.107
• Madrid, Museo Arqueologico Nacional 10947 (L 56)
• Malibu (CA), J. Paul Getty Museum 86.AE.158
• Oxford, Ashmolean Museum 1929.498
• Switzerland, private collection
• Taranto, Museo Archeologico Nazionale 20910

He belongs to the group of so-called Little masters

Little Masters (Greek vase painting)

The Little masters were a group of potters and vase painters in the Attic black-figure style of the sixth century BC, active in Athens.They mainly produced Little-master cups, but were not entirely limited to such shapes.The group...

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A red-figure plate in Paris, Louvre

Louvre

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 CA 2181, painted in style similar to that of the painter Paseas

Paseas

Paseas was a tyrant of the ancient Greek city-state of Sicyon in the 3rd century BC. He succeeded his son, Abantidas, in 252 BC. However, he was assassinated by Nicocles in 251 BC....

, is signed by a potter named Soklees. Whether that craftsman is identical with the black-figure potter Sokles remains unclear. The signature may also not be authentic.