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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A and B); painting; panther; in the field; rosette on belly (at the bottom); radiating edges (remains) Condition of the work: incomplete; less the majority of the handles, the foot and the bottom of the belly; numerous gaps filled in plaster; worn black varnish


Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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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.