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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on basin (side A and B); Dionysian scene; Dionysus (bearded, draped, holding, kéras, seated, on, stool, surrounded by); satyr (2, dancing); in the field; branch (of point, bunch) under handle; ivy leaf (vertical, on, stem) Condition of the work: incomplete; less the handles; gaps (basin and rim) filled in plaster; glued back on


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.