


amphora
An item at Louvre
Decoration: on collar (side A and B); palmette and lotus flower (chain, double) on shoulder; tabs on belly (side A); departure in chariot; hoplite (remains, helmet, shield, holding, lance, near); charioteer (remains, holding, reins, on); quadriga (remains, horse, 4, harness); in the background; old man (beard, himation); hoplite (2, remains: crest) on belly (side B); woman (remains, chiton, himation, forming, veil, between); hoplite (2, helmet, shield, episema: swan, panther, greaves, holding, lance, 2) under handle; plant motif (remains, palmette, 3, lotus flower, 2) on belly (at the bottom); meander; lotus flower (frieze) Condition of the work: incomplete - minus the handles, the bottom of the belly and the foot - gaps - breaks - varnish and highlights erased Restoration: reattached - completed
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.