It’s Octopus Week!

Red-Figure Fish Plate: Octopi, Mullet, Bream, Shellfish
c. 340–330 BC
attributed to Asteas/Python Workshop
(South Italian, Paestan, active c. 360–320 BC)
South Italian, Paestan
Ceramic
Diameter: 38.3 cm (15 1/16 in.); Overall: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.); Diameter of foot: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1985.50
(Note the dimple in the middle for serving/handling, like the dimple on the bottom of a wine bottle.)
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