pyxis

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on shoulder (side A and B); tabs (surmounted by); fillet (3); under handle (1); lotus flower; on body (at the top); area (2); dot (staggered, line, between, fillet, 2); area of animals (panther, 2, sphinx, 4, band, 2, bird, 3, mermaid); in the field; rosette (several); on body (at the bottom); radiating edges; on foot; area (2); fillet (3, surmounted by, band); checkerboard Condition of the work: the vase is incomplete; gaps which have been filled on part of the mouth, one of the handles, several important areas of the body; several chips on the mouth and the foot; numerous breaks on the mouth and the body; wear to the surface of the vase, especially on the tongue area on one of the sides, part of the body near one of the handles; the vase has been cleaned, completed and the mouth has been repainted.

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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.