pelike

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A); palmette (oblique, frieze, surmounting); man (king, ?, Persian, bonnet, headband, beard, tunic: embroidered, belt, anaxyrides, boot, holding, scepter, between); woman (2, chignon, headband, aigrette, 1, earring, necklace, chiton, himation, 1, holding, casket, 1, kéras, 1) on belly (side B); oves and darts (surmounting); conversation scene; woman (chignon, headband, earring, chiton, himation, holding, ?, between); young man (2, headband, himation, near); altar (branch) on belly (below, side A); meander (including, checkerboard) on belly (below, side B); meander under handle; palmette Condition of the work: incomplete; minus the mouthpiece and part of the neck; some gaps (female character side A and young man side B) Restoration: glued back together; completed

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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