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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on basin; Dionysus (beard, crown: leaf, chiton, himation, holding, kéras, near); maenad (remains, chiton); in the field; branch (vine leaf, bunch); panther (remains, 2); eye; prophylactic (remains, 2, eyebrow); male figure (Dionysus, ?, beard, headband, chiton, himation) Condition of the work: only 5 non-joining fragments of the basin and the handle remain - two fragments are recomposed of three joined fragments and two others of two joined fragments - white highlights erased (flesh of the maenad, pupil of the eyes) - concretions Restoration: reattached

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.