pithos

An item at Louvre

handle (openwork) Decoration: relief decoration; on collar (side A); spiral (false, pointed, framed by, net, group); Perseus and the Gorgon; Perseus (beardless, petasus, tunic, short, embroidered, scabbard, satchel, sandal, wing, holding, sword, slitting the throat); Gorgon (front, in the shape of, woman, from the front, dress, long, hindquarters, in the shape of, horse); in the field; left; floral decoration (volute, superimposed, surrounding, flower, stylized, 5); right; flower (on, stem, long, curved); lizard on collar (bottom); zigzag (between, net, group) on belly (side A); animal area (2, separated by, net, group); doe (5, file, to the right); in the field (right); flower (on, stem, long); deer (4, file, to the left, grazing); in the field; to the left; flower; to the right; plant decoration on handle; line (wavy); square (2, superimposed, decorated with, rosette, alternating with, pastille, separated by); line (horizontal, group) face B; no decoration Condition of the work: incomplete; less the feet of several does; gaps on the bottom of the belly completed in plaster; glued back on

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

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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.

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