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An item at Louvre

Decoration: interior (framing medallion); meander; athlete (?, remains, crown, head, foot) on basin; comos scene; comaste (crown: leaf, nude, himation, holding: cup, wineskin, leaning, towards); woman (remains, sakkos, lying, on, cushion); comaste (6, ?, crown, 1, himation, holding, stick); in the field; basket (suspended) Condition of the work: there remain 6 non-joined fragments of the basin, some of which are composed of two or three joined fragments glued back together; lacunae filled in plaster; concretions; chipped surface

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.