83 - FISH PLATE WITH RED FIGURES

FISH PLATE WITH RED FIGURES Greek art, Magna Graecia, Apulia, third quarter of the 4th century B.C. Circular footed dish decorated with a dogfish, a flatfish, and a sea bream surrounding a central cavity for sauce (garum); a shrimp and two shells in the field; a frieze of laurel leaves on the rim. Diameter: 20.3 cm Provenance: European private collection, acquired before 1990 Christie’s, London, October 7, 2010: lot 140 (ill.) Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA581) Animal, Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, February 25–April 30, 2016 Nice Through the Lens of History, Massena Museum, Nice, France, June 24–October 15, 2017 Bibliography: Christie’s, Antiquities, London, October 7, 2010, lot 140 J. Boardman, “Greek Art” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 59, fig. 7 M. Merrony, Mougins Museum of Classical Art. The Levett Family Collection, 2012, p. 35 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 57 and 93 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 49, fig. 44, and p. 82 J.J. Aillagon et al., Nice at the School of History, 2017, p. 55 An Apulian red-figured fish plate, Third quarter of the 4th century B.C.