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MAKE A MEME View Large Image Greek - Red-Figure Fish Plate - Walters 482766 - Interior.jpg Fish plates first appeared in Athens during the 5th century and later became a typical product of South Italian workshops While the fish on South Italian plates are normally ...

Greek - Red-Figure Fish Plate - Walters 482766 - Interior.jpg Fish plates first appeared in Athens during the 5th century and later became a typical product of South Italian workshops While the fish on South Italian plates are normally ...

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Keywords: Greek - Red-Figure Fish Plate - Walters 482766 - Interior.jpg Fish plates first appeared in Athens during the 5th century and later became a typical product of South Italian workshops While the fish on South Italian plates are normally oriented with their lower body towards the center on Athenian examples the bellies of the fish are turned towards the rim of the plate These plates were used to serve fish and the depression in the center would hold the sauce Depicted here are a mullet a flatfish a wrasse and two mussels late 4th century BC Greco-Roman terracotta cm 7 3 21 59 h x diam accession number 48 2766 4530 Münzen und Medaillen A G Basel Switzerland 1983 Marilyn and Herbert Scher Pikesville MD 1983 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Marilyn and Herbert Scher 2003 place of origin Apulia Italy Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek red-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Ancient Greek fish plates