Red-Figure Apulian Plate
Primary
Attributed to the Workshop of the Darius Painter
(Greece, circa 300 B.C.–)
NationalityGreek-South Italian (Apulia), Europe
Datecirca 340–320 BCE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 1 13/16 × 8 15/16 in. (4.6 × 22.7 cm)
Sheet: 1 13/16 × 8 15/16 in. (4.6 × 22.7 cm)
Sheet: 1 13/16 × 8 15/16 in. (4.6 × 22.7 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund and the James R. Dougherty, Jr. Foundation, 1980.62
Rights Statement
Collection AreaAntiquities
Object number1980.62
On View
On viewLocations
- exhibition BMA, Gallery, A4
Collection Highlight
Octopus, flatfish, squid, and shellfish, native to this part of the Mediterranean, decorate this plate. The depression in the center may have been meant to hold sauce or juices from cooked fish. Fish was an important part of upper class dining in this period, as can be seen in the work of the contemporary Sicilian writer Archestratus, who celebrated the pleasures of seafood.
