pyxis; pyxis cover

An item at Louvre

on cover; horse (2) Decoration: on horse (on chest); line (oblique); on head; crosshatch on cover; area (concentric, 3, separated by, line, 2); line (oblique, alternating); diamond (dotted, line); line (oblique); on rim; line (2) on box (at the top); on box (at the bottom); line (3) on box; metope (10, separated by); grid (oblique, flanked by, line, vertical, 2); bird (5, body, hatching, alternating with); diamond (2, grid, surrounded by, line, vertical); checkerboard (2, dotted, 1); swastika (1, hatching); in the field; rosette (of dot); swastika on background; area (concentric, 4, separated by, line, surrounding); circle (including, crosshatch); dot (area); snake (flanked by, point); diamond (dotted, line); spiral (false, flanked by, point) Condition of the work: whole; chips on the lid and basin; paint erased in places; fewer horses' ears; the surface has been waxed; reglued (numerous fragments of the lid)

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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