pelike

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A and B); comos scene; on belly (side A); painting (framed by, lotus flower and bud, frieze, rectangle, staggered, file, meander); comaste (crown: leaf, nude, himation, holding, oinochoe, slope, wine, skyphos, dancing); comaste (crown: leaf, beard, nude, himation, playing, rattlesnake, walking) on belly (side B); painting (framed by, lotus flower and bud, frieze, stylized pomegranates, T-shaped meander); comaste (remains, crown: leaf, beard, nude, himation, holding, flute case, dancing); comaste (2, crown: leaf, nude, himation, playing, barbiton, 1, holding, amphora, 1, decorated with, strip, walking) under handle; palmette Condition of the work: incomplete; composed of 42 fragments; numerous gaps in the body and foot;

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.