pelike

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A and B); painting (framed by, lotus flower and bud, frieze, stylized pomegranates); palestra scene; on belly (side A); discus thrower (bandeau, nude, holding, disc, decorated with, swastika); athlete (bandeau, nude, holding, javelin, running); in the field; javelin; marker on belly (side B); pedotribe (bandeau, himation, holding, wand); athlete (remains, bandeau, nude, holding, dumbbell) Condition of the work: incomplete; less part of the edge, half of the belly and the foot Restoration: glued back on; 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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