amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on neck (side A and B); lotus flower and bud (frieze) on shoulder (side A and B); tongues on belly; area; Herakles and Pholos (remains); Herakles (remains, chiton, lion, holding, club, seizing, centaur); centaur (remains, 5, galloping); in the field; lotus flower (2) on belly (bottom); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; less one handle and the foot; gaps on the belly completed in plaster; chips; glued back together

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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