crater

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Decoration: on basin (side A and B); winged woman (Nike, ?, Lase, ?, crown, leaf, necklace, double, in baldric, peplos, belt, boot, holding, scarf, crown, leaf) above the handle; palmette (inverted, flanked by, triangle, narrow, nested, patera, 2, decorated with, crosspiece) on basin (at the bottom); tongues (separated by, line, vertical, 2) under handle; patera (decorated with, crosspiece) Condition of the work: incomplete; less fragment of mouthpiece Restoration: reattached (numerous large fragments); repainted (numerous black retouches on side B and lateral decoration); redone (fragment of mouthpiece)

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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