#11 is a bit excessive but I’ve seen between 6 and 9 tentacles on vases before
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Today’s favourite… Jellyfish?
JUST LOOK AT HER.
#full ref: addenda to Greek red-figured fish-plates by Ian McPhee and A D Trendall#published in Antike Kunst vol 33 Pp 31-51#YES. YOU READ THAT RIGHT. ADDENDA. TO.#THEY WROTE A WHOLE BOOK ON FISH PLATES#AND ITS ON ARCHIVE.ORG#anyway this one was (at the time of publication - 1990) in a private collection. fuck private collections.#there’s a chance it could be an octopus#not all vase painters were good at painting#11 is a bit excessive but I’ve seen between 6 and 9 tentacles on vases before#McPhee and Trendall have labelled it an octopus but on what grounds I do not know#tagamemnon#fish plates#Fischteller
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