pelike

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A and B); painting (framed by, lotus flower, frieze, stylized pomegranates); on belly (side A); Dionysian scene; satyr (remains: leg, dancing, behind); maenad (remains, hair, long, chiton, himation, pardalide) on belly (side B); man (remains, headband, beard, himation, holding, flower, near); altar under handle; palmette Condition of the work: incomplete; half of the belly and a handle remain, recomposed from numerous joined 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.

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