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An item at Louvre

Decoration: in medallion; gorgoneion on basin (side A and B); maenad (chiton, himation, holding, branch, point, several) on basin (flanking the handle, 2); lion under handle; hare Condition of the work: only part of the basin remains, composed of 7 non-joined fragments and several reattached fragments; concretions

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.