P13.5 NEREID NYMPHS

Museum Collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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Catalogue No. | Boston 1972.850 |
Beazley Archive No. | 5958 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Krater, Calyx |
Painter | Attributed to the Niobid Painter |
Date | ca 460 - 450 B.C. |
Period | Early Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Upper register: Detail of two fleeing Nereids from a painting depicting Peleus' capture of the sea-goddess Thetis. The pair wear sakkos head-scarfs and one holds a small dolphin or fish.
Lower register: Boreas pursues Oreithyia (see other image).