amphora

amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar; palmette (alternating, frieze); on shoulder; tabs on belly (side A and B); Dionysian scene on belly (side A); Dionysus (remains, crown, beard, chiton, himation, embroidered, holding, kantharus, branch: stitch); maenad (remains, headband, chignon, chiton, himation, dancing) on ​​belly (side B); maenad (2, remains, headband, chiton, himation, playing, rattlesnake, dancing); in the field; branch (stitch) under handle; plant motif (stitch, palmette, 4, lotus flower, 3) on belly (at the bottom); stitch (staggered, file); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; gaps (middle of the belly); breaks; worn white highlights; recomposed from 2 fragments; reglued

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

amphoraamphoraamphoraamphoraamphora

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.