
alabaster
An item at Louvre
Decoration: on mouthpiece; rosette (leaf, elongated); on rim; point (line); on body (at the top); leaf (elongated, area) on body; area of animals; sphinx (confronted, polos, top, band, on either side of, swan); in the field; spot; diamond (decorated with, crosspiece); lotus flower (stylized); rosette Condition of the work: incomplete; less the lower part of the vase completed in plaster
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.