crater

An item at Louvre

Decoration: under rim; leaf (elongated, area, surmounting, point, line) on basin (side A); Danaë and the golden shower; Danaë (sakkos, half-naked, leaning against, cushion, lying, on, bed, decorated with, fabric); in the field; hydria; skyphos; object (round, phiale, ?) on basin (side B); mermaid (playing, aulos); in the field; circle (2) at the handle attachment; point (line) under handle; plant decoration (palmette, volute) Condition of the work: the vase is incomplete; a large part of the foot is missing; small gaps on the body; chips on the mouth and the body; alteration of the red highlights; the white highlights have disappeared; the vase has been cleaned (old repaints on the gaps); glued back together (breaks on the bottom of the belly and foot); completed (gaps except for a small area in the radiating edges) and repainted (foot).

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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