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hydria

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on rim; ivy leaf (line); on shoulder; tabs; animal frieze (mermaid, facing, flanked by, rooster, 2); in field; palmette between handles; garland (ivy leaf) on body; animal zone (2); zone (panther, ibex, grazing, facing); zone (panther, ibex, facing, mermaid, rooster, facing) on ​​body (bottom); garland (ivy leaf); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; less the vertical handle and part of a horizontal handle; less fragments of the shoulder and body remade in plaster; fragments belonging to it are in an envelope placed inside the vase.


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.