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oinochoe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouthpiece; on collar; rosette (of dots) on shoulder (under handle); rosette (of dots, 10, flanked by, rosette, of dots, line, vertical) on shoulder; tongues; scale decoration (double, dotted) on belly (in the middle); animal area; swan (flanked by, sphinx, faced, surrounded by, panther, lion); animal (faced, group, 4, bull, lion, faced, boar, lion, faced, goat, lion, faced, lion, bull, faced); in the field; swan (towards the left, wing, spread); rosette (of dots, several) on belly; band (several) on belly (at the bottom); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; small gaps filled in with plaster; highlights erased

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.