crater

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on edge (side A); garland (ivy leaf); on basin (side A); painting (framed by, oves: pointed); phlyac scene; woman (remains, chiton, himation, forming, veil, coming out, in front); door; slave (?, mask: beard, chiton, himation: short, phallos, sandal); man (mask: beard, chiton, himation, sandal); woman (remains, chiton, himation); column (2); platform (ladder, 2); ground band (two-tone ribbon) on edge (side B); garland (remains, bay leaf) on basin (side B); satyr (crown, holding, phiale: fruit, several, boot, ?, foot, on, rock, in front); woman (remains, half-draped, himation, necklace, in baldric, seated); strip of ground (oves) on basin (between the handles, face A and B); meander (including, crosspiece) Condition of the work: the vase is incomplete, glued back together and repainted; part of face B and the mouth are missing; the highlights are worn; some chips.

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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