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An item at Louvre

head (calf, ?, remains: ear) Decoration: on basin; chase scene (framed by, tabs); woman (remains, chiton, himation, running, left); Boreas (beard, chiton, short, running, right, towards); Orithyia (remains, chiton, himation, fleeing); woman (remains, chiton, himation, running, right) Condition of the work: only part of the basin and one ear remain; the fragment from New York 1973.212.3 is integrated and completes Boreas (head, arms, wings); 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.