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Fragment from Red-Figure Kylix: Nereus(?) and Nereid
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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”).
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFragment from Red-Figure Kylix: Nereus(?) and Nereid, c. 470–460 BCE. Manner of Pistoxenos Painter (Greek, Attic, active c. 470–460 BCE). Ceramic; overall: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1924.537
