Fish plate
€4,450
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Object number
AR2860
| Object: |
Richly decorated plate in Apulian style So-called fish plate |
| Material: |
Red clay with black slip and painting in white Red figure pottery |
| Description: |
Plate with pedestal and broad rim. The upper side is decorated with nine marine animals, three of which are large (painted comber, ray and cuttlefish) and six are smaller (five mussels and a smaller fish) and distributed between the large ones. A large blossom is shown centrally, the rim is decorated with a laurel wreath. |
| Historical note: |
Such fish plates were very popular in Ancient Greece. Most likely, this pottery type originated in 5th century Athens - such plates show fishes swimming with their bellies directed towards the plate rim. It was however not until the 4th century BC until these plates - with the fishes now directing their bellies towards the plate center - became more common in the South Italian Greek colonies of Magna Graecia.
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| Size: |
Diameter 22.2 cm, height 4.3 cm
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| Condition: |
Perfectly preserved. Small chip on the lower side, otherwise just very minimal wear and almost "workshop fresh" painting. Absolutely worth the exhibition in a museum.
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| References: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Bochum, Kunstsammlungen der Ruhr-Universität 3, S. 71-72, Pl. 54.1-4 A. P. Kozloff, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection (1981) Nr. 149 |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2019 from the German private collection G. E. Acquired by G. E. from the German private collection Dr. H. R. Acquired by Dr. R. October 22, 1979, at Antiquitätenhandlung Hermann Zirkel, Cologne, Germany.
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| Collection Dr. H. R.: |
Dr. H. R., who graduated in Classical Philology, was a grammar school (Gymnasium) teacher and a scholar of ancient history. After finishing his studies, he began collecting Roman coins in 1970. Only one year later, Dr. R. started to add other antiquities from the Roman Imperial era to his collection, soon followed by Greek vases which mainly originated from South Italy. The collection was exhibited at his residence in the Rhineland in Germany. The last object of the collection was acquired in 1989.
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| Certificate: |
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| Authenticity: |
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