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Fish plate

Greek
Late Classical Period
about 400–390 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Black Glaze
Dimensions Height: 4.5 cm (1 13/16 in.); diameter: 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number00.349b
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ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionSlight conical plate with central depression, vertical hanging rim on a high ring foot with concave side.

When purchased, it was used as a lid for an Apulian stamnos (00.349a), which may have been found with it.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: from Gela); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, February 1900