pelike

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on body (side A and B); painting (framed by, lotus flower: frieze, point: staggered, line) on body (side A); satyr (remains, beard, crown: branch, ithyphallic, seated, on rock, near, amphora, conversing, with); man (petasus, headband, beard, himation, holding, stick); left; satyr (remains, beard, ithyphallic, flute case) on body (side B); man (remains, crown: branch, beard, himation, holding, stick) Condition of the work: The vase is incomplete. It is missing a handle, the foot and a large part of the body. It is recomposed from 15 joined fragments glued together. Some gaps have been filled in plaster. The varnish is worn (mouthpiece, under the handle), the highlights are erased, there are many chips. Fundamental restoration in 2020.

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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