pelike

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A); palmette (frieze, surmounting); Eos and Cephalus; Eos (remains, chiton, pursuer); Cephalus (remains, chlamys, endromide, scabbard, holding, spear, running); right; young man (pilos, chlamys, endromide, holding, spear, 2, running) on belly (side B); palmette and lotus flower (frieze, surmounting); conversation scene; young man (remains, himation, holding, staff, between); woman (?, 2, remains, headband, 1, chiton, himation) on belly (below); meander (including, crosspiece) under handle; plant motif (palmette, 2, opposite) Condition of the work: incomplete; half of the belly remains, composed of 3 non-joining fragments Restoration: glued back together; redone

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.