Relief depicting a nereid riding on a dolphin

4th–5th century A.D.

Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: 8 1/16 × 5 3/16 × 20 1/2 in. (20.5 × 13.25 × 52 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen
Accession Number: 1957.7.1
Culture: Egyptian
Period: Coptic
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1957 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 259, ill

Gerry D. Scott, III, Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, 1st (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 178, no. 100, ill

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