amphora

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Decoration: on collar; palmette and lotus flower (remains, chain, double) on shoulder; tongues (remains) on belly (side A); Apollo cycle; in the center; Apollo (headband, chiton, himation, playing, lyre, seated, above); tripod (flanked by, bow, quiver: arrow, between); goddess (2, Leto, ?, Artemis, ?, headband, chiton, himation); in the field; dolphin (2) on belly (side B); courtship scene; on the left; couple (young man, nude, himation, caressing, young boy: nude); in the center; young man (nude, himation, between); man (beard, nude, himation, holding, hare); young man (nude, himation, holding, hare); on the right; couple (man, beard, nude, himation, caressing, young man: nude) under handle; plant motif (dot, 5, palmette, 4, lotus flower, 3) on body (bottom); meander (remains); lotus flower (remains, frieze); radiating edges (remains) Condition of the work: the vase is incomplete; less part of the neck, one handle and the foot; gaps (under handle AB, bottom of the body, shoulder face B) completed in plaster; reglued; worn white highlights; concretions

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

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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.

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