pelike

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A); painting (framed by, palmette, oblique, frieze, stylized pomegranates, meander, including, crosspiece); departure of the warrior; woman (remains, headband, chiton, himation, holding, phiale, object, verse); warrior (remains, petasus, chlamys, holding, spear, 2); man (beard, himation, holding, stick) on belly (side B); painting (framed by, garland, bay leaf, stylized pomegranates, meander); conversation scene; young man (3, himation, leaning on, stick, 2) under handle; plant motif (palmette, 2, opposite) Condition of the work: incomplete; less part of the belly Restoration: glued back (except one fragment); redone; antique restoration (bronze staples near the handles)

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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