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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouthpiece; tongues; on shoulder; painting (surmounted by, tongues); Theseus and Ariadne; Theseus (nude, holding, sword, facing); Ariadne (peplos, himation, holding, crown); left; woman (peplos, himation, in front); ephebe (2, himation); right; ephebe (himation, in front); woman (peplos, himation) on belly; zone (2); animal zone (animal, facing, group, 3); mermaid (2, headband); panther (2); lion (2); flower and lotus bud (frieze) on belly (at the bottom); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete - less the handles, the foot and fragments of the belly Restoration: glued back together - completed (belly)

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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