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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly; figurative area; sphinx (confronted, collar, 1, decorated with, chevron, on either side of); plant decoration (lotus flower, vertical, opposite, chevron); in the field; rosette (incised); stain (triangular) on background; rosette (leaf, elongated, surrounded by, band); circle (dotted) Condition of the work: incomplete; less the mouthpiece and a large part of the belly completed in plaster

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.