rhyton; plastic vase
An item at Louvre
Decoration: on basin; Dionysian scene; maenad (4, remains, crown, 2, chiton, himation, pardalide, 1, nebrid, ?, 1, holding, thyrsus, serpent); satyr (remains: head, beard, crown: leaf) Condition of the work: there remain 4 non-joining fragments, one of which is glued back together with the New York fragment (NY 1985.228.7) which represents the head of a satyr and that of a serpent; glued back together
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.