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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouthpiece; staircase motif (area) on handle (on plaque); duck on basin (top, side A); comaste (4, group, 2, chiton, short, gesticulating) on ​​basin (top, side B); mermaid (2, on either side of); swan; in the field; crosspiece under handle (sides A and B); swan on basin (in the middle, sides A and B); animal zone; panther (2, alternating with); ibex (3) on basin (bottom); radiating edges (surmounted by); band Condition of the work: incomplete; less a fragment of the basin under the handle completed in plaster; varnish erased in places; reattached

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.