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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on basin (top); mermaid (headband, wing, deployed, between); man (remains, chiton, short); horse (remains); in the field; rosette (2) on basin (bottom); animal area (feline, remains) Condition of the work: only a fragment of the basin remains with the beginnings of the neck and handles

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.