Caption

Red-figure plate depicting fish; plate with an inwardly curled edge. Interior painted with four fish. Southern Italian pottery, 2nd half of the 4th century BC previously dated 4th century BC. Southern Italy; plate vessel; weight 0.488 kg., A shallow round ceramic dish on a short pedestal, painted with a central fish motif and surrounding wave-like border; the dish shows areas of worn glaze and paint. The visible colors include beige, black, brown, and tan, with darker black used for the fish shapes and border patterns and lighter beige and tan for the background and pedestal, and some brownish aging marks.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A00_206

License type

Rights managed

Available size

32.3Mb (1.8Mb) / 16.7in x 7.5in / 5008 x 2252 (300dpi)

Keywords

Red-figure plate depicting fish plate inwardly curled edge Interior painted four fish Southern Italian pottery 2nd half 4th century BC previously dated 4th century BC Southern Italy plate vessel weight 0.488 kg shallow round ceramic dish short pedestal painted central fish motif surrounding wave- border dish areas worn glaze paint visible colors include beige black brown tan darker black fish shapes border patterns lighter beige background pedestal brownish aging marks.