aryballos; plastic vase
An item at Louvre
head (woman, sakkos, hair); head (man, black) Decoration: on sakkos; palmette (2, on either side of); rooster (2) Condition of the work: The vase is incomplete, part of the mouthpiece is missing; chips on the hair and face; the mouthpiece is glued back on.
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.