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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A and B); painting (surmounted by, lotus flower, frieze) on belly (side A); hunting scene; hunter (4, remains, headband, 1, nude, holding, stick, 2, supporting, fox) on belly (side B); comos scene; comaste (4, remains, nude, dancing) Condition of the work: incomplete; less handle AB, bottom of the belly and foot; gaps; breaks; chips (mouthpiece); glued back on; completed


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.