pelike

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar; tabs; dot; on belly (side A); hermaic pillar (3, beard, ithyphallic, from the front, 1, in profile, 2) on belly (side B); woman (chiton, carrying, basket, ?); young man (nude, holding, hydria) under handle; palmette Condition of the work: incomplete; only the upper part of the pelike remains in two joined fragments near the handle, partially preserved; glued back together

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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