crater

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on rim; garland (bay leaf) on basin (side A); departure of warrior; young man (petasus, chlamys, holding, spear, 2, near); horse; man (headband, beard, himation, holding, stick, sitting, on, stool); woman (headband, peplos, holding, phiale, oinochoe); young girl (chiton); ground strip (meander, including, cross, checkerboard) on basin (side B); conversation scene; young man (3, remains, headband, 1, himation, leaning, on, stick, 1); in field; athlete's pack (suspended); ground strip (meander, including, cross, checkerboard) around handle; Condition of the work: incomplete - only three-quarters of the basin and half of a handle remain - chips - worn highlights (inscriptions difficult to decipher); glued back on - redone - antique restoration (trace of staples on side B); a fragment of the mouthpiece in a box.

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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