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oinochoe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar; owl (flanked by); volute on shoulder; line (vertical, line) on belly; character (draped, holding, strigil, flanked by); volute (terminated by, flower); fillet (2) under handle; palmette Condition of the work: whole; small chip on the lip; paint erased in places; concretions


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.