id:			152699
accession number:	1985.50
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.50
updated:		2023-01-11 06:05:53.431000

Red-Figure Fish Plate: Octopi, Mullet, Bream, Shellfish, c. 340–330 BC. Attributed to Asteas/Python Workshop (South Italian, Paestan, active c. 360–320 BC). Ceramic; diameter: 38.3 cm (15 1/16 in.); overall: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.); diameter of foot: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1985.50

title:				Red-Figure Fish Plate: Octopi, Mullet, Bream, Shellfish
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series:				
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creation date:			c. 340–330 BC
creation date earliest:		-345
creation date latest:		-325
current location:		102D Pre-Roman
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	South Italian, Paestan
technique:	ceramic
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - South Italy
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Asteas/Python Workshop (South Italian, Paestan, active c. 360–320 BC)  - artist
Greek vase painters, active 4th century BCE in Paestum
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measurements: Diameter: 38.3 cm (15 1/16 in.); Overall: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.); Diameter of foot: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1985
	opening date:   1986-02-12T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1985</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Poutrales family, Portugal (arrived Portugal from Germany and Austria late 19th Century)
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	Thomas Howard-Sneyd, Ltd., London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1985
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1985-
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fun fact:
Perfect for serving seafood, this plate features images of sea creatures and a central well for dipping or collecting juices.

digital description:
Although first developed in Athens, red-figure fish plates became especially popular in South Italy and Sicily in the 300s BC. All feature a short foot and a small central depression, but those produced in the workshop of Asteas and Python, like this one, are the largest and most ornate. Archaeologists have closely studied the fish and other sea creatures represented, identifying many of them with species still found (and eaten) in the Mediterranean; included here are octopi, mullet, bream, and various shellfish.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Beazley Archive. n.d. <em>Beazley Archive Pottery Database</em>. Oxford: Beazley Archive.
	page number: 	BAPD 1002938
	url:		http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/467D723F-3C0F-41BF-AB35-35F04982FFFF

	Kozloff, A.P. 1986. "Two South Italian Vases: Fish Plate and Frog Bottle," <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 73(10).
	page number: 	pp. 406-414.
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159967

	Turner, E.H. 1986. "The Year in Review for 1985," <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 73(2).
	page number: 	pp. 26-71 (ill. on p. 37, no. 8, listed on p. 62, no. 8).
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159930

	McPhee, Ian, and A. D. Trendall. <em>Greek Red-Figured Fish-Plates (Antike Kunst Beiheft 14)</em>. Basel: Vereinigung der Freunde Antiker Kunst c/o Archäologisches Seminar der Universität, 1987.
	page number: 	p. 108 (Paestan IIIA/33a), pl. 38a..
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	Trendall, A. D. <em>The Red-Figured Vases of Paestum</em>. [London]: British School at Rome, 1987.
	page number: 	p. 236, no. 2/955.
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 10
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n25

	Harrington, J. "Some References to the Octopus in Early Greek Poetry," <em>Persephone</em> 3 (1997).
	page number: 	p. 82
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	Neils, Jenifer, and Gisela Walberg. <em>Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, OH]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
	page number: 	pp. 57-58, pl. 103
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	Hopper, Robin. <em>Functional Pottery: Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose. </em>2017.
	page number: 	p. 179
	url:		

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