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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouthpiece (inside); rosette (file) on collar; woman (3, peplos, between); sphinx (2, polos); in the field; rosette (degenerate, several) on shoulder; plant motif (between); mermaid (2, polos); in the field; rosette (several) Condition of the work: only part of the mouthpiece remains, the collar and the start of the shoulder, recomposed of 4 joined fragments glued back together; 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.

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