oinochoe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar; maenad (bun, ribbon, headband, peplos, belt, holding, tympanum, ribboned, thyrsus, ribboned); in field; garland flanking handle (top); volute (floral) on belly (top); tongues (decorated with, line, separated by, line, vertical, 2) on belly (front); courting scene; maenad (bun, ribbon, headband, aigrette, jewel, peplos, belt, seated, on, rock, holding, thyrsus, near); satyr (nude, necklace, in baldric, boot, foot, on, rock, ?, rectangular, holding, necklace); Eros (nude, ribbon, headband, aigrette, shod, holding, necklace); in background; altar (on, base, surmounted by, offering); in field; plant flanking the handle (at the bottom); under the handle; plant decoration (palmette, topped with, patera, decorated with, point, flanked by, volute, flowered, cornet) Condition of the work: incomplete; less the upper part of the neck; white paint almost entirely disappeared; varnish chipped on the handle and bottom of the belly Restoration: repainted (orange, peplos on the belly, black, faces)

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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