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

Red-figure Pistoxenos Painter · Kylix · c. 470–460 BCE

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”).

Shape

Kylix

Technique

Red-figure

Date

c. 470–460 BCE

Culture

Greek, Attic

Painter

Pistoxenos Painter

Attribution

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