MANISA. Oltos (?). Body and rim fragments, joined. A: from near the handle. Exterior: a nine-petalled palmette, each petal separate and divided down the middle by a central rib. The black heart of the palmette has a reserved circle at its center and springs from a pair of spirals. B: at rim, a spiralled tendril encircles the palmette. All petals and spirals bordered by an incised line. Finest black glaze. Narrow reserved band at rim. Interior: black glaze, rim reserved.

The use of a central line in the petals of the palmette was begun by the Euergides Painter and is not the earliest type of red-figure palmette. It is used by Oltos and Epiktetos as well. The quality is superb and merits attribution to one of the great early red-figure painters, perhaps Oltos himself.