Lot Essay
Small plates such as the present example are called "proto-fish-plates" because of their similarity in shape to the more numerous, later fish-plates.
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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTOR
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED PROTO-FISH-PLATE
CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED PROTO-FISH-PLATE
CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
The central depression decorated in reserve with a jar on a plinth, black dots in the reserved band around the rim, the flaring ring foot pierced twice for suspension; together with an Apulian Xenon ware trefoil oinochoe decorated with a band of laurel, two thin bands above and below, tongues on the shoulder
Plate: 7¼ in (18.4 cm.) diameter; 1 3/16 in. (3 cm) high
Oinochoe: 6½ in. (16.5 cm) high (2)
CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
The central depression decorated in reserve with a jar on a plinth, black dots in the reserved band around the rim, the flaring ring foot pierced twice for suspension; together with an Apulian Xenon ware trefoil oinochoe decorated with a band of laurel, two thin bands above and below, tongues on the shoulder
Plate: 7¼ in (18.4 cm.) diameter; 1 3/16 in. (3 cm) high
Oinochoe: 6½ in. (16.5 cm) high (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 21-22 November, 1985, lot 251 (plate), lot 286 (oinochoe).
Literature
Plate: H.A. Shapiro, C. Picón and G. Scott, Greek Vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, 1995, p. 179.