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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on basin (side A and B); comos scene; on basin (side A); musician (half-bald, beard, headband, chiton, himation, playing, barbiton, singing); woman (remains, cecryphal, earring, chiton, himation); in the field; basket (drapery, suspended) on basin (side B); musician (remains, chiton, himation, forming, veil, shod, playing, aulos, in front); man (?, remains, himation, foot, 2) under handle; palmette; volute (remains) Condition of the work: there remains a part of the basin recomposed of 2 non-joined fragments: a fragment composed of 6 joined fragments and a fragment composed of 4 joined fragments; surface damaged in places; glued back; redone


Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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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.