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An item at Louvre
Decoration: interior (in medallion); rider (remains, chiton, himation, with border, holding, lance, 2, on, horse, galloping) on basin (side A and B); eye (prophylactic) on basin (side A); woman (crown, earring, chiton, walking, to the right, holding, flower) on basin (side B); woman (cecryphal, earring, chiton, walking, to the right, holding, flower, branch) flanking the handle; palmette (closed, remains, on, stem) Condition of the work: there remain 8 non-joining fragments of the basin, made up of several reattached fragments including the 9 fragments deposited by the Metropolitan Museum of New York (NY 1972.229 ai): There remain four fragments of the foot and the medallion and four fragments of the basin
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.