oinochoe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar (top); oves (double, pointed) on collar; woman (maenad, ?, ribbon, diadem, aigrette, peplos, belt, seated, on, rock, holding, tympanum) flanking the handle (top); volute (floral) on belly (top); oves (double, pointed) on belly (front); courting scene; Eros (nude, chignon, ribbon, walking, towards); woman (maenad, ?, ribbon, diadem, aigrette, peplos, belt, shod, seated, on, rock, holding, tympanum, ribboned); in the field; rosette (pointed); plant (several) flanking the handle (bottom); under handle; plant decoration (palmette, flanked by, palmette, oblique, closed, volute, cornet) on belly (bottom); positions (including, crosspiece, decorated with, chevron, point) Condition of the work: intact; very worn skin; white paint mostly erased; tool mark on belly

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

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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.

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