Fragmentary Platter with Fish and Rosettes, 500–700, modern restoration, Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Terracotta decorated with red, white and dark brown slip, Overall: 20 3/8 x 1 7/8 in. (51.8 x 4.8 cm), Ceramics, This platter with its lively fish was found in the ruins of a hermit’s solitary retreat near the Monastery of Epiphanius. Such painted wares were an innovative Egyptian variation on the more elaborate redware with stamped designs that was made farther west in North Africa
Keywords:
Fragmentary Platter, Fish, Rosettes, 500–700, modern restoration, Thebes, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Terracotta decorated, red, white, dark brown slip, Overall, 20 3/8 x 1 7/8, 51.8 4.8 cm, Ceramics, platter, lively fish, ruins, hermit, solitary, retreat, Monastery, Epiphanius, painted wares, innovative Egyptian, variation, elaborate redware, stamped designs, farther west, North Africa
Image ID:
The watermark in the image will not appear on the final download.