olpe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on wheel; on collar (at the bottom); rosette (of dots) on belly; area of animals (4, separated by, band, decorated with, net); area (swan, flanked by, sphinx, faced, framed by, panther); area (bull, flanked by, lion, faced); animal (faced, group, 2, bull, panther, faced, goat, lion, faced); area (swan, flanked by, sphinx, faced, framed by, panther); animal (faced, group, 2, bull, lioness, faced, boar, panther, faced); area (goat, flanked by, lion, faced); animal (faced, group, 2, goat, panther, faced, goat, lion, faced); in the field; rosette (of dots, several) on belly (at the bottom); band (decorated with, fillet); radiating edges Condition of the work: the vase is incomplete; part of the mouth and the body are missing; the vase has been glued back together and completed.

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.