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kyathos

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on basin (front); hoplite (helmet, naked, greaves, holding, shield, brandishing, spear, between); eye (2, prophylactic, eyebrow, between); panther (2); in the field; branch (point, ivy leaf) Condition of the work: incomplete; gaps (basin) filled in plaster; less the handle; worn surface; 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.