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Fragment from Red-Figure Kylix: Nereus(?) and Nereid

Fragment from Red-Figure Kylix: Nereus(?) and Nereid

c. 470–460 BCE
(Greek, Attic, active c. 470–460 BCE)
Greek, Attic
ceramic
Overall: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1924.537
Location: 102B Greek

Did You Know?

Nereus, a god of the sea, had 50 daughters, known as Nereids.

Description

Broken from the rim and bowl of a drinking cup, this fragment shows a woman looking back and moving away from a bearded man. Because she holds a dolphin, she is likely a Nereid, or sea nymph. The man may be her father, Nereus, although he is usually shown with white hair and beard (appropriately, for he is often called “Old Man of the Sea”).
  • ?-1924
    Ludwig Pollak, Rome, Italy, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1924-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Beazley Archive. n.d. Beazley Archive Pottery Database. Oxford: Beazley Archive. BAPD 211381 www.beazley.ox.ac.uk
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    Burn, Lucilla, Ruth Glynn, and J. D. Beazley. Beazley Addenda: Additional References to ABV, ARV² & Paralipomena. Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 1982. p. 147
    Carpenter, Thomas H., J. D. Beazley, Thomas Mannack, Melanie Mendonça, and Lucilla Burn. Beazley Addenda: Additional References to ABV, ARV² & Paralipomena. Oxford: Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 1989. p. 299
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