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Apulian Fish Plate with Three Fish and Decorated Central Depression
Circa Late 4th Century BC
Description: Ornately stylized red-figure fish plate. Characteristic of the type, the plate consists of a flat, dimpled disk elevated on a pedestal base. Its broad rim is turned down and is decorated with a spiral wave and dot motif. Three fish of different species circle the painted central depression. They are realistically rendered with details such as eyes and fins enlivened in added white. Displays nicely.
Height: 7.5 in (19 cm)
Condition: Two old breaks professional repaired.
Provenance: Formerly a German property.
Reference: The unusual treatment of the tails suggests a connection to the 'Painter of Leaping Dolphins' in Canosa, of which only three examples were known to Dr A.D. Trendall when he published his Greek Red-Figured Fish-Plates along with Ian McPhee in 1987, see #114-116.
Price: $7,500
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