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O19.5 NYMPH

Nymph | Apulian red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Catalogue No. Boston 01.8093
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware Apulian Red Figure
Shape Patera
Painter -
Date ca. 340 – 330 B.C.
Period Late Classical

DESCRIPTION

The bust of a Nymph (probably a Naiad) depicted in three-quarter profile, rises from a bed of petals. She has long, wavy hair and wears a necklace and small tiara. An elaborate display of coiling vines and flowers surrounds her.

ARTICLES

Nymphs, Naiads