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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouthpiece; line (broken, oblique, zone) on rim; meander on plaquette; plant motif (palmette, lotus flower, opposite) on basin (side A and B); painting (framed by, tabs, garland: ivy leaf) on basin (side A); assembly of gods; Zeus (chiton, himation, seated, on, stool, in front of); goddess (Aphrodite, ?, chiton, carrying); little boy (2, Eros, ?, Himeros, ?, naked); left; goddess (chiton, himation, followed by); ephebe (himation, short); ephebe (draped); right; man (beard, chiton, himation); in the field; character (small, crouching, under, stool) on basin (side B); divine chariot; left; Athena (helmet, aegis, peplos, holding, flower, saluting); couple (on, quadriga, horse, 4); god (beard, crown, near); goddess (veil, holding, crown); woman (goddess, ?, chiton, himation); in the background; Hermes (chlamys, boot, with wings); ephebe (himation) on basin (below); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; less fragments of the body and the rim completed in plaster; very worn surface

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.