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oinochoe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on neck; flower (leaf, berry, framed by, volute, flowery) on body (at the top); tabs on body; plant decoration (palmette, frieze, alternating with, lotus flower) Condition of the work: intact; paint slightly erased on top of the palmettes; less chip (mouthpiece) Restoration: repainted (chip)


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.