crater

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouthpiece; stepped motif (area) on plaquette; mermaid on basin (top, side A); banquet scene; man (3, beard, himation, half-reclining, on, mattress: fringe, cushion, behind); table (phiale, 3, dish, 3, food); footstool; in the field; kéras (3); vase (?, 3); on basin (top, side B); horse race (remains); rider (2, helmet, greaves, holding, lance, 2, reins, shield, episema: wheel of crescents, galloping, on, horse, 4); right; horse (remains, 2); lance (remains); in the field; rosette (5) under handle; swan (2) on basin (middle); area of animals (lioness, 3, alternating with, ibex, 4) on basin (bottom); radiating edges (surmounted by); band; net (several) Condition of the work: incomplete; less a large part of the basin redone in plaster; worn surface; chips; concretions

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.