Lot 75
Southern Italy, Campania, ca. 350-325 BCE. Red-figured ceramic footed plate decorated with two breams and a torpedo. The torpedo is shown with round body, and decorated with four black spots. The tail is rounded with merged tail fins, which appear as slight bulges on either side. Body and larger spots are outlined in added white. The fish show the characteristic white border around the lower half of the eyes. The parallel white lines of the pectoral fins raise diagonally from the bottom of the gills, the ventral fins run in the opposite direction. A reserved scallop in the field. The merged tail fins of the torpedo point to McPhee/Trendall's subdivision IID/38-42 (p. 85). A wave-pattern around the small overhanging rim. The central depression is offset and reserved. Diameter 18.8 cm (7.4"), Height 4.3 cm (1.7") to 5.2 cm (2"), base diameter 7.25 cm (2.9"). This lot is closely related to IID/40 in: Ian McPhee, A.D. Trendall. Greek Red-figured Fish-plates, Basel 1987. Provenance: Collection of Johannes Rosenkranz (†2010), Bergisch-Gladbach (Germany), acquired in the 1960s/1970s, thence German art market. Joined by a search of the Art Loss Register, London. ***Item located in Switzerland, additional shipping charges apply*** All items in this auction have been legally acquired, are legal to sell, and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. The starting price is the lowest price at which the lot can sell.
- Condition: Intact. Fine quality and pristine preservation. Shrinkage crack on the underside reworked with the modelling stick. Wobbling rim.
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