Bronze handle with nereids supporting a youth, Late Classical, 4th century B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, H.: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm), Bronzes, 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
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Bronze handle, nereids supporting, youth, Late Classical, 4th century B.C, Etruscan, Bronze, H, 6 7/8, 17.5 cm, Bronzes, Two hybrid, sea, creatures, part human, snake, support, sleeping youth, forms, handles, large bronze, vessel, symbolism, connected, death, appropriate allusion, cremated remains
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