



aryballos
An item at Louvre
Decoration: on mouthpiece; leaf (elongated, area, remains) on mouthpiece (on rim); dot (line) on shoulder; leaf (elongated, area) on handle; line (horizontal, 3, remains) on body; animal area (between, dot, line, 2, staggered, topped with); Z motif (line, between); fillet (several); sphinx (remains); lion (remains); animal (remains); in the field; filling element (several); rosette under handle; wheel motif on background; wheel of crescents; dot Condition of the work: incomplete; less a large part of the body, part of which is completed in plaster; small chips; chipped varnish; altered highlights
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.