alabaster

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly; animal area; sphinx (diadem, to the left, wing, unfurled, near, swan); in the center; plant decoration (2, lotus flower, opposite, on either side of, crosspiece, line, wavy); in the field; lotus flower; rosette (incised, several) on background; rosette (leaf, elongated, surrounded by, band) Condition of the work: incomplete; less the mouthpiece and fragments of the belly completed in plaster; painting partly erased

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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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