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An item at Louvre

Decoration: interior (framing medallion); net in medallion; Nike (remains, wing, chiton, cecryphal, tending, helmet, towards); king (remains, beard, crown, himation, holding, sceptre, ?) on basin (side A); king (?); woman (?, draped) on basin (side B); woman (remains, chiton, holding, kanun, between); woman (?, remains, chiton); man (king, ?, remains, staff) under handle; flanking the handle; palmette (3, remains, lotus flower, ?) Condition of the work: only part of the medallion and the basin and the beginning of the stem of the foot composed of 4 joined fragments glued together remain; gap filled in plaster

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.