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Red Figure Fish-Plate

1922.01.0060

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Artifact Identification Red Figure Fish-Plate   (1922.01.0060)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Materials T&E
    2. :
  2. Food Service T&E
    3. :
  3. Serving Vessels
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Classical
Date 350– 325 BCE
Culture South Italian Greek, Apulian
Location On Exhibitin the Ancient Mediterranean exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Diameter) 24.0 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 10.1 cm
Dimension 3 (Height) 6.1 cm
Weight 710 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Glaze
Manufacturing Processes Throwing, Firing, Painting, Glazing

Research Remarks

Description

APULIAN RED-FIGURE FISH-PLATE
Shape and Ornament: Shallow plate with flaring rim, flaring foot set off by grooves. Central depression surrounded by two deep grooves, a reserved wave pattern, and a reserved band. On the reserved rim, bands of dilute glaze and black dots. Exterior rim and underside of foot glazed. SUBJECT: The main decoration is on the interior: bass, striped perch, squid and one small fish (coris?). Bodies in dilute glaze, with details in dark glaze.
Accessory colors: White: for outline, fins, squid's tentacles, and two small crayfish (?), which are barely visible.
About 350-325 B.C. Dated by A. D. Trendall. -- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 52, 4 and 55, 4.
Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

Bohen, B. et al, From Alexander to Augustus. University of Illinois: Champaign, 1983.

Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 41, Plate 52,4; 55,4.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication University of Marburg Archaeological Seminar Collection, Dedicated by Dr. and Mrs. Allan C. Campbell.
Reproduction No

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