'The Amasis Painter' was one of ancient Greece's greatest vase painters, yet we know him only by the name of the potter whose works he most often decorated. There are 12 works signed by the potter Amasis and over 130 vases attributed to the painter. It is possible that the painter and the potter were one and the same but the evidence is inconclusive. Amasis is a Greek version of an Egyptian name so the potter Amasis may have been Egyptian or Athenian.