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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on basin; lion (?, sphinx, ?, remains, 2); volute on basin (bottom); tongues (remains) Condition of the work: there remain only 3 non-joining fragments of the basin, two of which are recomposed from 2 joined fragments-concretions


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.