strainer vase

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on body (top, side A and B); tabs; on body (top, side A); Herakles and the Nemean lion; Herakles (bearded, naked, controlling); lion (between); young man (2, himation); in the field; leaf (?, 2) on body (top, side B); young man (4, himation); in the field; rosette (?, degenerate) on the whole body; animal zone (between, net, 2); lion (2, alternating with); sphinx (2, confronted); siren (2, confronted); in the field; rosette (degenerate, several, of point: 1) on body (bottom); radiating edges Condition of the work: the vase is incomplete; surface wear especially on the handle; the breaks and gaps on the body have been completed; splinters on the foot.

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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