amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on neck; fillet (in relief); rosette (3, of point) on shoulder; tongues on belly (side A); comos scene (remains); comast (4, beard, 1, chiton, short, dancing); woman (2, nude, dancing) on belly (side B); rooster (2, on either side of); swan; in the field; lotus flower (2); rosette (degenerate) on belly (in the middle); staircase motif (area, between, fillet, band) on belly (at the bottom); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; reattached; gaps (part of the mouth and neck, head of the 3rd comast, the entire lower right part of side A, area under handle AB, beak of the first rooster, part of the second, foot of the vase) completed in plaster; spalling (especially mouth, neck and handles); 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.