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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on basin (side A); wedding procession; horse (remains, 2, behind); man (himation, behind); couple; woman (chiton, holding, reins, near); man (himation, staff, on); chariot (horse, remains, 2); woman (3, chiton, carrying, offering); man (remains, 3, himation, behind); couple; woman (chiton, holding, reins, near); man (himation, staff, on); chariot; woman (3, remains, chiton, 1, carrying, offering); horse (remains, 2, behind); couple; man (remains, headband, himation, holding, reins, near); woman (remains, holding, veil); woman (remains, 1, carrying, offering); on basin (side B); amazonomachy; Amazon (remains, 3, headband, 1, crest, 1, chiton, shield, 1, episema: tripod); warrior (remains, 6, cuirass, 5, helmet, 2, greaves, 3, belt, 2, shield, 1, episema, seated, 2); charioteer (remains, himation, on); chariot (horse, remains, 3, rearing); chariot (remains: wheel) Condition of the work: only part of the basin remains, recomposed from several joined and non-joined fragments; one fragment indicates the attachment of a handle; fragment MNE 1190 also belongs to the same vase


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.