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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouthpiece; garland (ivy leaf, dot); on shoulder; area (2); tongues; lotus bud (inverted, frieze) on basin (top); animal area; swan (4, wing, spread); panther (6, head, facing); deer (3, grazing); ram (2, grazing) Condition of the work: incomplete; less the bottom, part of the basin and the rim; a fragment in reserve completes the rim Restoration: glued back; completed; redone (bottom, bottom of the basin)

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.