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An item at Louvre

Decoration: interior (framing medallion); meander (including, crosspiece) in medallion; character (2, remains, foot, 4, himation, stick, ?) on basin (side A); young man (headband, himation, leaning on, stick, holding, aulos); woman (headband, chiton, himation, holding, mirror, seated, on, stool, in front); man (remains, himation, holding, stick); in the field; bag (suspended) on basin (side B); man (remains, himation) under handle (palmette) Condition of the work: approximately a third of the basin remains with a handle recomposed from 7 joined fragments glued back together


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.