Fragmentary Platter with Fish and Rosettes
This platter with its lively fish was found in the ruins of a hermit’s solitary retreat near the Monastery of Epiphanius. Such painted wares were an innovative Egyptian variation on the more elaborate redware with stamped designs that was made farther west in North Africa.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fragmentary Platter with Fish and Rosettes
- Date: 500–700, modern restoration
- Geography: Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt
- Culture: Coptic
- Medium: Terracotta decorated with red, white and dark brown slip
- Dimensions: Overall: 20 3/8 x 1 7/8 in. (51.8 x 4.8 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1914
- Object Number: 14.6.222
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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