amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A and B); painting; on belly (side A); boxing scene; pugilist (2, remains, nude, cestus, fighter) on belly (side B); pugilist (2, remains, nude) on belly (bottom); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; less the neck and handles; significant gaps (side B) 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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