Terracotta fish-plate

Bastis Painter

ca. 375–360 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Although this plate is among a group of similar fish-plates by the Bastis Painter, certain features are different. On this piece, the body of the fish is outlined in white, not black, the mouth, eyes, and dots on the body are drawn differently, and the decoration around the central depression is a band of strokes, not the usual wave-pattern.

Artist

Bastis Painter

Date

ca. 375–360 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, South Italian, Campanian or Sicilian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1906