EXCEPTIONAL APULIAN POTTERY DISH WITH SEA CREATURES Ca. 350 - 300 BC. A very rare pottery dish with an elevated foot and a thick flange rim. The recessed centre is adorned with a radiating pattern. The dish has a black glazed background, with a design painted in reddish-brown and beige tones, highlighted with white detailing. The decoration depicts various sea creatures, including two fish, one of which is long and serpentine, resembling an eel, an octopus or squid, and smaller sea animals such as a crab and a shrimp. The rim is decorated with flowing vegetal and floral tendrils encircling the entire perimeter. For similar see: The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Object Number 1980.62; The Museum of Fine Arts Budapest, Inventory number T.762. Size: 210mm x 55mm; Weight: 575g.  Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.