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An item at Louvre
Decoration: flanking the handle; palmette (open, remains, surrounded by, stem); leaf (elongated, vertical) Condition of the work: only part of the basin remains with a handle composed of 3 joined fragments glued back together; varnish erased in places; recut (?, filed on all sides)
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.