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oinochoe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar; owl (wing, spread, flanked by); olive branch on shoulder; meander (file) on belly; athlete (nude, holding, spear, ?, in front of, boundary stone, with, egg, flanked by); volute (terminated by, lotus bud); fillet (2) under handle; palmette Condition of the work: whole


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.