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skyphos

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on basin (side A and B); Dionysus and his thiase on basin (side A); Dionysus (crown, beard, chiton, himation, holding, keras, between); maenad (2, headband, chiton, belt, between); satyr (2, remains, 1, beard); left; maenad (remains, headband, chiton) on basin (side B); Dionysus (remains, chiton, holding, keras, between); maenad (2, remains, chiton, belt, between); satyr (2, remains, nude, beard); right; maenad (remains, chiton, nebrid) under handle; swan on basin (bottom); tabs Condition of the work: The vase is incomplete. One handle and part of the other handle are missing. The numerous gaps in the basin have been filled in with plaster. There are chips on the lip. Restoration (2020): cleaning, consolidation and re-filling

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.