Greek red-figure fish plate, 4th century BC
Terracotta
Diameter 21cm
10871
The upper surface painted in slip with a cuttlefish, skate, bream and a single shell, probably a muscle, and added white is used making the decoration lively and attractive. The...
The upper surface painted in slip with a cuttlefish, skate, bream and a single shell, probably a muscle, and added white is used making the decoration lively and attractive. The central depressed is decorated with a rosette formed of a small circle in the centre of outward-pointing rays, and is bordered by a band of waves on the upper-most surface. Encircling the vertical, down-turned lip is a single band of interlocked laurel leaves. Set on a short flared foot with reserved resting surface.
Provenance
Private collection, Belgium; acquired late 1970sPrivate collection, Pennsylvania, USA; acquired 2013, Brussels, Belgium
