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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on the mouth; rosette (leaf, elongated, framed by, line) on the rim; dot (line) on the handle; line (broken, vertical) on the body (at the top); leaf (elongated, zone) on the body; dot (staggered, zone, topped by, band) Condition of the work: incomplete; less the bottom of the vase completed in plaster; paint erased

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.