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spyris

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on rim; line (wavy, line); on basin; metope (4, framed by, net, chevron, checkerboard, zigzag: superimposed) Condition of the work: complete; paint slightly faded on the rim, handles and basin


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.