Greek Apulian Red-Figure Pottery Fish Plate
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Description
Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulian, ca. 340 to 320 BCE. A handsome fish plate, so-called for its marine life decoration - this one painted with four sea perches via the red-figure technique - of a form known as a "pinax" or "pinakion" which literally means tablet, after its flat shape. This form resembles a dimpled disk that is elevated upon a ring-based pedestal foot. The depressed central "dimple" was created to hold oil or sauce. Note that the rim is turned down and decorated with a border of spiraling waves. As was characteristic of South Italic fish plates, the decoration presents the fishes' bellies oriented toward the sauce cup in the center of the plate. In addition, the red figure palette has expanded to also include added pink and white overpainting or fugitive paints, as was particular to the South Italian palette. Size: 7.125" W x 2.125" H (18.1 cm x 5.4 cm)
Provenance: Ex - Prominent LA County collector who acquired these prior to 2000
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#116335
Provenance: Ex - Prominent LA County collector who acquired these prior to 2000
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#116335
Condition
Plate repaired from three pieces with minor surface wear.
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Greek Apulian Red-Figure Pottery Fish Plate
Estimate $3,000 - $5,000
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