Red Figure Fish Plate - after the “Painter of Boston” (MFA Boston)
Inspired by a superb South Italian fish plate in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (attributed to the Painter of Boston, ca. 340–320 BCE), this red-figure dish captures the Late Classical taste for painted seafood “menus.” In the tondo, two striped fish—rendered with lively spiny dorsal fins—circle the central depression, accompanied by a curling octopus. Fine details are picked out with added yellowish-white, enhancing the sense of texture and sheen.
A standing wave pattern runs around the overhanging rim, framing the scene like a band of sea-water. The underside follows the ancient scheme with broad gloss on the exterior and foot, echoing the functional elegance of the original.
Handmade in Athens in September 2025, this piece is a faithful homage to a celebrated museum prototype: MFA Boston, 2001.178 (Gift in memory of Emily Dickinson Townsend Vermeule; Vase-Painting in Italy (MFA), Catalogue Raisonné, no. 051).
Dimensions: D 16,8 cm, H 5,0 cm