dinos

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouthpiece; radiating edges on shoulder; tongues (frieze) on belly; area; return of Hephaestus; dinos; Silenus (1, ithyphallic, playing, aulos); Dionysus (beard, chiton, long, holding, kantharos, reins, leading); mule (ridden by); Hephaestus (beard, naked, followed by); Silenus (7, beard, dancing, holding, kantharos, 1, belt, 2) on belly (bottom); area (2, separated by, fillet, 2); lotus flower and bud (frieze); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; gaps in the bottom of the belly; small chips; chipped varnish; worn surface Restoration: reattached; completed

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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