amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on neck; on body; on foot; line (wavy, vertical, zone); on body (side A and B); lion hunt; side A; hunter (2, holding, sword, attacking, lion); hunter (in, mouth, lion); in field; triangle (nested); circle (dotted); oval (dotted) side B; hunter (attacking, lion) under handle; circle (dotted, eye, prophylactic, ?) Condition of the work: the vase is whole but reattached; the decoration is erased in places; the paint is chipped in places.

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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