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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on rim; garland (ivy leaf, degenerate) on basin (side A); satyr (4, remains, beard, ithyphallic, playing, lyre); in the field; branch (of point) on basin (side B); satyr (5, remains, beard, 1, ithyphallic, playing, aulos, holding, case) under handle; goat Condition of the work: the vase is incomplete; there remain only two non-joining fragments of the basin, each recomposed from several fragments; the fragment shown at the bottom of the photo does not belong to Cp 10856


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.