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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouthpiece; on wheel; rosette (of dot) on belly; area of animals (5, separated by, band); area (bull, flanked by, lion, confronted); bull (remains); swan; area (lion, animal, confronted, bull, lion, deer, remains); area (deer, flanked by, lion); swan; bull; lion; area (bull, flanked by, lion, followed by, bull, 1); animal (confronted, group, 2, bull, lion, confronted, boar, lion, confronted); area (bull, lion, confronted, lion, flanked by, bull, lion, boar); in the field; rosette (of dot, stylized) on belly (at the bottom); band; radiating edges on background; circle (dotted) Condition of the work: incomplete; fewer important fragments of belly completed in plaster

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.