ATTRIBUTED TO THE ROBINSON PAINTER, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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A CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURED FISH-PLATE
ATTRIBUTED TO THE ROBINSON PAINTER, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
10 1/8 in. (25.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired prior to 1982.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
I. McPhee and A. D. Trendall, Greek Red-figured Fish-plates, Basel, 1987, p. 83, no. IIC/2, pl. 24a.

The favoured fish of the Robinson Painter was the bream in all its varieties - two-banded, striped, gilt-headed or a sea bream, with the painting of their eyes being a strong characteristic of his style - a large black dot for the pupil, with a white border only around the lower half, but not encircling the pupil, as shown on this plate.

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