Fish Plate

Artist Unidentified artist

CultureItalian, Campanian

Datec. 350-320 BCE

Mediumclay

Dimensions7 9/16 x 2 1/16 in. (19.2 x 5.2 cm)

Classificationsceramics

Credit LineGift of Henry and Sara Immerwahr

Terms

Object number76.55.2

DescriptionThree fish, two bream and one torpedo fish, articulated with glaze and added white. The fish with glaze stripes is a two-banded bream (Diplodus sargus) with a black-glazed eye, speckles on chin, stripes behind head and gills, and stripes on tail. White outlines the belly, indicates fins and gills, underlines the eye, and marks a nostril. The slightly larger bream is a gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata).381 A thick white line shows the rounded belly; lighter lines depict fins and gills; the mouth is open. The torpedo fish is round and flat, with thick white outlines. A black spot indicates a tiny mouth and two white dots, the nostrils. The back has two pairs of black dots outlined in white; four black dashes cross in the center, with a white splotch in their centers. Dorsal fins are separate parts of the tail; a white patch is off-center on the tail.

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