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An item at Louvre

Decoration: interior; no decoration on basin (side A); mermaid (headband, flanked by); eye (prophylactic) on basin (side B); nose (surmounted by, flower, remains, flanked by); eye (prophylactic) flanking the handle; plant motif (palmette, several) Condition of the work: incomplete; less one handle and part of the basin; gaps filled in plaster

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.