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oinochoe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on shoulder (under handle); rosette (of dot, 10, flanked by, rosette, of dot, line, vertical) on shoulder; tabs; scale decoration (double, dotted) on belly; animal area (2, separated by, band); at the top; swan (flanked by, sphinx, faced, surrounded by, panther, goat, left, panther, right); animal (faced, group, 3, deer, lion, faced, bull, panther, faced, deer, lion, faced); at the bottom; animal (group, 4); lion (flanked by, goat, sow); goat (flanked by, lion); boar (opposite, panther); goat (opposite, lion); in the field; rosette (of dot, several) on belly; band (several, line) on belly (at the bottom); radiating edges (remains) Condition of the work: incomplete; less the neck, the handle and the foot of the vase; completed by the fragments RS 409 joined, RS 411 not joined and S 7166 integrated at the top of the belly


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.