pelike

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A and B, top); palmette (frieze) on belly (side A); Eos and Cephalus; Cephalus (remains, crown, petasus, chlamys, endromide); Eos (remains, crown, chiton, holding, spear, ?) on belly (side B); man (remains, 2, chiton, 1, himation, holding, staff, 1) under handle; plant motif (palmette) on belly (bottom); meander (including, crosspiece) Condition of the work: there remains a part of the belly recomposed from 9 non-joining fragments Restoration: glued back together; partly 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.

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