crater

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouth; line (vertical, parallel, group) on rim; line (broken, horizontal, superimposed, 3) on basin (between handles); point (line); meander (hatching, framed by, chevron, vertical, line, line, broken, horizontal); left and right; T-pattern (hatching, superimposed); meander (hatching, vertical, framed by, chevron, vertical, line); at the bottom; meander (horizontal, hatching) near the handle; metope (including, horse, bird, body, hatching, crosspiece) on handle (horizontal); crosspiece (double, flanked by, rosette, point, framed by, line, horizontal, parallel) on handle (vertical); line (oblique); chevron under handle; boat (2, facing, sail, folded) on basin; zone (4); area (leaf, hatching, framed by, chevron); wolf teeth on basin (at the bottom); band (3, alternating with, line) on foot; area (diamond, nested, squared, dotted, alternating with, triangle, nested) on foot (at the bottom); wolf teeth Condition of the work: incomplete; less one handle and numerous fragments of basin completed in plaster; glued back together

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

The Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities is home to a collection of artworks representing the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman civilizations; it illustrates the art of a vast area encompassing Greece, Italy, and the whole of the Mediterranean basin, and spans the period from Neolithic times (4th millennium BC) to the 6th century AD.

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