Tleson (active around 555-535 BC) was an Attic potter and perhaps also a vase painter in the black-figure style. He was the son of the famous potter Nearchos and brother of Ergoteles. His workshop apparently produced mostly Little-master cups. Most of his vases were painted by the Tleson Painter, whose real name is unknown, and whose conventional name is derived from Tleson. Based on the fact that vases known by that hand so far are only ever signed by Tleson, John Beazley suggested that Tleson and the Tleson painter may be identical. There is no proof for this hypothesis. Some of Tleson’s pots were painted by other artists, such as Oltos and the Centaur Painter.
Athens, Agora MuseumFragment of a Little-master cup P 13349
Athens, National MuseumPyxis 502 • Fragment of a Little-master cup Acr. 613 • Fragment of a Little-master cup Acr. 1567 • Fragment of a Little-master cup Acr. 1570 • Fragment of a
Band cup AP 501
Basel, Antikenmuseum und Sammlung LudwigCup BS 405
Berlin, AntikensammlungLittle-master cup F 1760
Bonn, Akademisches KunstmuseumLittle-master cup 53
Boston, Museum of Fine ArtsFragment of a Little-master cup 03.851 • Little-master cup 92.2655 • Cup 98.920 • Fragment of a Little-master cup F 357.2
Braunschweig, Herzog Anton Ulrich-MuseumFragment of a Little-master cup 495
Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-ArtsLittle-master cup R 385 B • Little-master cup R 385 C
Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr CollegeFragment of a Little-master cup P 175
Compiègne, Musée VivenelLittle-master cup 1091
Dresden, AlbertinumLittle-master cup ZV 2714
Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-UniversitätFragment of a Little-master cup 837
Göttingen, Georg-August-UniversitätFragment of a Little-master cup 66
Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls-UniversitätFragment of a Litt Fragment of a Little-master cup Fragment einer Kleinmeisterschale S 30 • Fragment of a Little-master cup S 31
Izmir, Archaeologiocal Museum IzmirFragment of a Little-master cup 49 A
Karlsruhe, Badisches LandesmuseumLittle-master cup HC 1419
(Centaur Painter)Leipzig, Antikenmuseum der Universität LeipzigLittle-master cup T 52 • Fragment of a cup T 433
London, British MuseumLittle-master cup 1867.5-8.946 • Little-master cup B 410 • Little-master cup B 411 • Cup B 420 • Cup B 421
Malibu, J. Paul Getty MuseumLittle-master cup 76.AE.90 • Little-master cup 80.AE.99.3
Manchester, City Art Gallery & MuseumBand cup 111H51
Moskow, State Historical MuseumLittle-master cup
Munich, AntikensammlungLittle-master cup 2126 • Little-master cup 2127 • Little-master cup 2149 • Fragment of a Little-master cup 9413
(Painter unknown) • Fragment of a Little-master cup 9417
(Painter unknown) • Band cup SL 462
Naples, Museo Archeologico NazionaleFragment of a cup 81338
(Oltos) • Little-master cup H 2528 • Little-master cup Stg 271
New York, Metropolitan Museum of ArtLittle-master cup 27.122.30 • Band cup GR 542
Nicosia, Cyprus MuseumLittle-master cup C 438
Oxford, Ashmolean MuseumFragment of a Little-master cup 1953.11 • Fragment of a Little-master cup 1953.12 • Little-master cup G 137.35
Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, Cabinet des MedaillesLittle-master cup 317
Paris, Musée National du LouvreLittle-master cup F 86
Rome, Museo Nazionale di Villa GiuliaLittle-master cup M 608
St. Petersburg, Hermitage MuseumLittle-master cup
Syracuse, Museo archeologico regionale Paolo OrsiLittle-master cup 43985
Taranto, Taranto, Museo Archeologico NazionaleLittle-master cup 4440
Toledo, Toledo Museum of ArtCup 1958.70
Vatican, Museo Gregoriano EtruscoLittle-master cup 322 • Fragment of a band cup AST 345
Warsaw, Muzeum NarodoweBand cup 147262
Washington, National Museum of Natural HistoryLittle-master cup 42207 A
(Painter unknown)Würzburg, Martin-von-Wagner-MuseumLittle-master cup L 409
