Apulian Fish Plate

3D ModelNoAI

ARTIST Unknown Artist

TITLE Apulian Fish Plate

CREATION DATE ca. 360 - 350 BCE

DIMENSIONS 1 3/4 x 7 9/16 in. (4.5 x 19.2 cm)

OBJECT TYPE ceramic

MEDIUM AND SUPPORT terracotta

CREDIT LINE Museum Purchase, Adela Wood Smith Trust

ACCESSION NUMBER 2018.1

The gently sloping floor between the rim and the central depression provides the circular canvas for the detailed illustrations depicting “living” maritime species. This fish plate is decorated with an octopus, a lophius (monkfish), an umbrina cirrosa (shi drum fish), a scallop shell, and two mussels. The fish appear to be swimming in a wine-dark black sea with the body of the lophius bending naturally as if in water. This impression is enhanced by the black waves that surround the depression in which the fish sauce would have been served.

Model by D. Israel using Artec Space Spider Scanner