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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on neck; ribbon (wavy, between, band); on basin (side A); ibex (3, on either side of, palm tree); in the field; fish; papyrus (2); rosette (4) on basin (side B); ornamental motif (palm tree, ?, flanked by, line, wavy, 2) under handle; chevrons; line (3, wavy, on either side of, diamond, dotted, line) on basin (at the bottom); band (2) on foot; band (3) Condition of the work: whole; crack; glued back (foot)

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.