pelike

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A); palmette (oblique, frieze, surmounting); woman (remains, diadem, chiton, himation); young man (crown: bay leaf, petasus, chlamys, endromide, leaning on, spear); king (beard, chiton, himation, holding, scepter); ground band; meander (including, crosspiece) on belly (side B); garland (bay leaf, surmounting); conversation scene; young man (3, himation, leaning on, staff, 1); ground band; meander (including, crosspiece) under handle; plant motif (palmette, 2, opposite) Condition of the work: incomplete; less part of the handle and belly Restoration: reattached; 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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