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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on basin (at the top); line (2) on basin (between the handles); zigzag (vertical, line, framed by); line (vertical, parallel) on basin (below); line (15) on handle; line Condition of the work: incomplete; less 1 handle redone in plaster; gap on the basin completed in plaster; 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.