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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on shoulder; palmette; on belly; swan (towards the right, between); male figure (2, nude) Condition of the work: incomplete - minus the neck with the mouthpiece and the handle - very worn surface

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.