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Ancient Art
Relief depicting a nereid riding on a dolphin
4th–5th century A.D.
Limestone
20.5 × 13.25 × 52 cm (8 1/16 × 5 3/16 × 20 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen
1957.7.1
Culture:
Egyptian
Period:
Coptic
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1957 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
Gerry D. Scott, III, Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, 1st (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 178, no. 100, ill.
Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 259, ill.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
