Terracotta fish-plate

ca. 375–360 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Although this plate is among a group of similar fish-plates by the Bastis Painter, certain features are different. On this piece, the body of the fish is outlined in white, not black, the mouth, eyes, and dots on the body are drawn differently, and the decoration around the central depression is a band of strokes, not the usual wave-pattern.

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Title: Terracotta fish-plate
Artist: Attributed to the Bastis Painter
Period: Late Classical
Date: ca. 375–360 BCE
Culture: Greek, South Italian, Campanian or Sicilian
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions: Diameter 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm)
H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
Object Number: 06.1021.243
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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