alabaster

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly; figurative area (2, separated by, net); combat scene; hoplite (remains, leg, greave, shield, round, behind); hoplite (remains, tunic, short, with border, holding, shield, round, in front of); hoplite (remains, leg, greave, holding, shield, round, episema, in the shape of, bird, flying); left; horse (remains, leg); right; horse (2, remains, rider, remains, leg); in the field (in the center); hare (resting); animal area; ram (flanked by, lion, panther, confronted); animal (confronted, remains, panther, deer); in the field; rosette (incised, several) on background; rosette (leaf, elongated, surrounded by); recumbent S (area, framed by, net) Condition of the work: only the bottom of the vase remains; painting partly erased; some gaps filled in plaster Antique restoration (?, hole in background)

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

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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.

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