Bronze handle with nereids supporting a youth
Two hybrid sea creatures, part human and part snake, support a sleeping youth who forms one of the handles of a large bronze vessel. All the symbolism is connected with death, an appropriate allusion on a vessel that may have been used for cremated remains.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bronze handle with nereids supporting a youth
- Period: Late Classical
- Date: 4th century BCE
- Culture: Etruscan
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: H.: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
- Classification: Bronzes
- Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1925
- Object Number: 25.78.53
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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ca. 350 BCE
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late 6th century BCE
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