/internal/media/dispatcher/1001442/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=B29479523C792A613D15306D48D55906Plate with boar walkingabout 640–630 B.C.30.5 cm (diameter)CeramicHenry Lillie Pierce Fund99.5091A boar to right above a ground line, with varied filler surrounding (Wild Goat Style); radiating tongues in exergue. A zigzag band separates the upper and lower fields.
East Dorian "segment" plates, like this example, have flat bases and outcurving rims. Their large tondi are typically divided between an upper field, which contains an animal in a Wild Goat style (sometimes two animals or more rarely a mythical creature; even more rare are human figures) surrounded by filler motifs, and a lower field, which contains a pattern of radiating tongues (or less frequently, a palmette with outspringing volutes). Recent Neutron Activiation Analysis indicates that most plates of this type were made on Kos.Vessels30.500000000015458701