amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly; lotus flower and bud (frieze, surmounting); plant motif (2, lotus flower, 2, spiral, 2, interlaced) Condition of the work: only a fragment of the belly remains with the start of a handle

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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