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crater

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on edge; line (parallel, area); on neck (side A); metope (framed by, line, vertical, 3); horse (2, facing, on either side of, manger, ?); in the field; zigzag; diamond; triangle (hatching) on ​​neck (side B); metope (framed by, line, vertical, 3); character (holding, ?, near); horse; in the field; diamond; zigzag (in, window, ?) on basin (side A); metope (framed by, line, vertical, 3); woman (mourner, ?, belt, raising, arms, on either side of, bird); in the field; triangle (checkered); diamond (line); triangle (hatching) on ​​basin (side B); metope (framed by, line, vertical, 3); woman (mourner, ?, belt, raising, arms, on either side of, bird); in the field; diamond; diamond (dotted, line); triangle under handle; bird (body, hatching); in the field; triangle (checkered); diamond on basin (at the bottom); line (broken, horizontal, surrounded by, line, several) on foot; point (zone, 2, separated by, line) on background; line Condition of the work: the vase is incomplete; a chip is missing from the foot and another in the middle of the basin; the basin has been glued back on; a handle has been redone; the surface is worn.


Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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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.