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An item at Louvre

Decoration: interior (framing medallion); garland (double, ivy leaf); in medallion; Dionysus (remains, crown, to the right) on basin (side A and B); departure in chariot; goddess (Ariadne, ?, headband, chignon, chiton, himation, mounting, on, quadriga, to the right, holding, reins, near); Dionysus (crown, chiton, himation, holding, cantharus, to the right, returning, head); eye (prophylactic, remains); in the field; branch of leaves (bunch of grapes) on basin (below); fillet (group); band Condition of the work: there remain only two non-joined fragments of the body composed of 7 joined and glued fragments; One of the fragments is composed of CP 10454 and Troyes 24 (= RS 298)

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.