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An item at Louvre
Decoration: interior (in medallion); gorgoneion; on basin (side A and B); gorgoneion; eye (prophylactic) flanking the handle; under the handle; vine stock (branch of leaves) on basin (at the bottom); fillet (group); radiating edges (alternating) Condition of the work: incomplete; less several fragments of the basin completed in plaster; reattached
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.