amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A); painting; mermaid (headband, walking, to the right) on belly (side B); painting; lion (walking, to the right, roaring); in the field; rosette Condition of the work: the vase is incomplete; minus one handle and fragments of the belly (side B); concretions; varnish very worn; reglued

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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