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ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Fish Plate

AAT Object Form/Functionfish plates (ancient dishes)

CultureGreek, South Italian

PeriodLate Classical

Date4th Century BCE

MediumMarble

Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art

Dimensions7 3/4 x 1 in. (19.7 x 2.5 cm)

Object number2005.027.001

Label TextThe plate is decorated with a double incised line around the outer edge and a single incised line around the central depression. Preserving traces of egg shells and grains.

Marble fish plates are much rarer than ceramic versions of the form, which proliferated in the Greek colonies of southern Italy.
Exhibition HistoryFrom Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 2013 - September 15, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, September 29, 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesBonhams Knightsbridge, Antiquities (22nd September 1998), 117, lot 417.
Christie's New York, Antiquities (June 8, 2005), 81, lot 97.

ProvenanceWith Bonhams London, September 22, 1998, lot 417 (part). With Michael G. Petropoulos [Galerie Rhea], Zurich, Switzerland, 1999. Ex private collection, Midwest, United States. Purchased by MCCM from Christie's New York, June 8, 2005, lot 97.

Status

On view

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