amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A and B); painting (surmounted by, palmette and lotus flower, chain, double, alternating) on belly (side A and B); Dionysian scene on belly (side A); in the center; Dionysian and Ariadne; Dionysian (remains, crown: ivy leaf, beard, chiton, himation, holding, kéras, branch: ivy leaf, opposite); Ariadne (crown, chiton, forming, veil, embroidered, peplos, between); satyr (2, remains, 1, beard, naked); maenad (2, remains, 1, headband, chiton, pardalide) on belly (side B); in the center; Dionysian scene; horseman (Hephaestus, ?, beard, headband, chiton, holding, reins, on); mule (ithyphallic, seized by) satyr (beard, naked, between); satyr (2, remains, beard, ithyphallic); maenad (2, remains, headband, 1, chiton, pardalide) on belly (at the bottom); radiating edges Condition of the work: the vase is incomplete; gaps filled; reglued; some white highlights erased (meand face B); chips

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.