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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on basin (on rim); point (file, 2) on basin (face A and B); amazonomachy; quadriga (horse, 4, harness, between); amazon (Phrygian cap, chiton, short, fleeing) flanking the handle; sphinx Condition of the work: only a fragment of the basin remains, recomposed of 4 joined fragments-concretions-chips Restoration: reattached-completed

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.