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oinochoe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly; sphinx (2, remains, on either side of); plant motif (remains, palmette, lotus flower, lotus bud, interlaced, surmounted by); tabs Condition of the work: only seven fragments of the belly remain, two of which are joined

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.