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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly; woman (remains, chiton, holding, mirror, behind); Eros (?, remains: wing) under handle; plant motif (remains: palmette, circle, dotted) on belly (at the bottom); ovals Condition of the work: incomplete; only two fragments of the belly remain, not joined; glued back together


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.