Large Apulian Fish Plate of the Cuttlefish-Painter

Culture: Greek/Apulian

Period: 350-325 B.C.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 28.4 cm in diameter

Price: Sold

Ref: 2526

Provenance: Christie's auction New York on 10 June 1994, lot 143. Thence in a US private collection in the southern states.

Condition: Except for one ancient stress crack at the bottom of the foot intact and of wonderful quality.

Description: Exceedingly large and wonderfully preserved red-figured, Apulian fish plate from the workshop of the Cuttlefish-Painter. The black glazed plate with two breams to the left, a flatfish, a small perch and a scallop. Fins, eyes, mouth and belly of the fish are with white details. In the deepening in the centre of the plate a rosette with white dots at the rims and a white circle in the centre. Around the tondo a finely drawn groove. The projected rim is decorated with a band of laurel leaves on the outside. The fish plate stands on a high ring foot.