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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on shoulder (side A and B); tongues (surmounted by); band; fillet (3) under handle; lotus flower on belly (at the top); area (2); checkerboard; area of ​​animals (sphinx, 2, headband, 2, bird, 2, panther, 2, griffin, 2, lion); in the field; rosette (several) on belly (at the bottom); radiating edges on foot; area (4); band; point (file, 2, between, fillet); checkerboard; band (3) Condition of the work: incomplete; chips (foot); gaps (part of the mouthpiece, one of the handles, two gaps in the tongues, several areas of the belly) completed in plaster; concretions; glued back on

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.