Lot Essay
For a similar example sold in these rooms, likely by the same painter, see Antiquities, 12 December 2002, lot 150.
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THE PROPERTY OF A SWISS COLLECTOR
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED FISH-PLATE
CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED FISH-PLATE
CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
With a striped bream with alternating black and white stripes and two wrasse, a rosette in the deep depression at the center, a band of reverse wave along the overhanging rim, on a high cylindrical foot flaring toward the base, the central depression, overhanging rim and foot all embellished with a deep red wash, details in added white and yellow
7½ in. (19 cm.) diameter; 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) high
CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
With a striped bream with alternating black and white stripes and two wrasse, a rosette in the deep depression at the center, a band of reverse wave along the overhanging rim, on a high cylindrical foot flaring toward the base, the central depression, overhanging rim and foot all embellished with a deep red wash, details in added white and yellow
7½ in. (19 cm.) diameter; 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) high
Provenance
with Donati Arte Classica, Lugano, circa 1980.