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oinochoe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar; ivy leaf (on, stem, flanked by); volute on shoulder; tabs (stylized, file); fillet on belly; character (draped, flanked by); plant motif (half-palmette, volute, ending in, lotus bud); fillet under handle; ivy leaf (on, stem) Condition of the work: whole; superimposed painting almost completely erased

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.