Published Campanian Fish Plate of the Helgoland Painter

Culture: Greek/Campania

Period: 350-330 B.C.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 25.5 cm in diameter

Price: 16 000 Euro

Ref: 2584

Provenance: From the family collection Anthony Powell (1935-2021), according to the publication acquired in Rome.

Condition: Intact

Description: Large red-figure fish plate with details in opaque white from the workshop of the Helgoland Painter who worked between 350 and 330 B.C. in Campania. The plate with an overhanging rim and the image area sloping slightly towards the centre stands on a set off foot ring. The paint depicts three large sea breams, two with multiple back stripes, the third one only with two bands. Typical for the Helgoland Painter are the dotted heads, the large pupils framed in white, as well as the slightly opened mouth of the fish. The indentation in the centre is framed by a black wavy band. On the rounded rim laurel leaves, some of them reach to the top and ensnare the fish with sea waves. Published in: Ian McPhee and Arthur D. Trendall “Greek Red-figured Fish-plates”, Basel 1987, S. 95, IID, No. 34. See in addition for the Helgoland Painter: Christian Zindel, “Meeresleben und Jenseitsfahrt. Die Fischteller der Sammlung Florence Gottet”, Zurich 1998, number 10.