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Drinking cup (kylix) with Nereus and Nereids
Painter: Makron
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 490–480 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Width x length: 4.5 x 12.2 cm (1 3/4 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.856a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 137.
DescriptionNereus and Nereids. Attributed to Makron.
(a) Beard of Nereus and left hand. Upper part of Nereid.
(b) Part of seated figure, holding dolphin.
(c) Part of drapery and extended left hand of a Nereid.
(a) Beard of Nereus and left hand. Upper part of Nereid.
(b) Part of seated figure, holding dolphin.
(c) Part of drapery and extended left hand of a Nereid.
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 2006