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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on basin (side A and B); Dionysian scene; Dionysus (lying down, surrounded by); Silenus (skin, on, back); Silenus (2, on, mule, ithyphallic); in the field; branch without leaves; bunch of grapes (stylized) under handle; dolphin Condition of the work: there remain only three fragments of the basin not joined, preserving the handles and composed of 7 fragments#side a-less silenus rider and rear part of silenus#side b-remains of the silenus (arm, skin) Restoration: glued back


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.