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Paestan Red-Figure Fish Plate

Date

third quarter of 4th century B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (South Italian, Paestan)

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

The surface of the plate is decorated with an octopus, a bream with its belly towards the center of the dish, and gurnard with its belly facing the rim. There is also a scallop with part of the red mantle showing between the bream and the gurnard, a starfish just above the octopus, a mussel, and a cockle. The central depression is surrounded by a wave pattern running counter-clockwise. The overhanging rim is decorated with a berried ivy-pattern; the white berries are similar in style to the suckers of the octopus. The underside of the plate is undecorated, except for a black ring painted just outside the top of the stem.

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