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A CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURE FISH PLATE
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A CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURE FISH PLATE

THIRD QUARTER OF 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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A CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURE FISH PLATE
THIRD QUARTER OF 4TH CENTURY B.C.
With two swimming fish and an octopus, the central depression and rim decorated with a spiral motif, surface encrustation, small repair, foot chipped
9 in. (23 cm.) diam.
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The use of such plates is still a matter of conjecture. They might have been used for serving fish, the central depression serving as a saucer for containing the drained-off liquid, or they might have been used as funerary vessels given the afterlife connotations of fish and marine scenes in South Italian religious symbolism.

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