pelike

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A); oves (surmounting); maenad (band, chiton, himation, tenant, thyrsus); ground band (point, staggered, line) on belly (side B); oves (surmounting); maenad (remains, cecryphal, chiton, himation, tenant, torch); ground band (point, staggered, line) Condition of the work: incomplete; less part of the belly; chipped varnish Restoration: glued back on; completed

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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