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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, griffin, faced, framed by, lion); area (goat, flanked by, lion); animal (faced, group, 2, goat, lion); area (swan, flanked by, sphinx, faced, framed by, lion); animal (faced, group, 2, swan, goat, faced, lion, goat, faced); area (hare hunt); dog (5, running, to the right, pursuing); hare (opposite, dog); in the field; rosette (of dots, several); spot (several) on belly (at the bottom); band (framed by, net); radiating edges on background; circle (dotted) Condition of the work: incomplete; less the upper part of the handle, fragments of the mouthpiece and several fragments of the belly completed in plaster; a wheel of the handle is redone

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.