Bronze handle with nereids supporting a youth 4th century Etruscan 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 Bronze handle with nereids supporting a youth 251837 Etruscan, Bronze handle with nereids supporting a youth, 4th century , Bronze, H.: 6 7/8 in. ( cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1925 ()

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