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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouthpiece (front); garland (ivy leaf); on collar (front); wavy ribbon on belly; painting (remains, framed by, dot, line, dot, staggered, line, vertical); love scene; man (beard, crown, to the right, embracing); woman (sakkos, draped, lying, on, cushion, bed, remains); in the field; branch (of dot) Condition of the work: incomplete; remains the upper part of the belly with the mouthpiece; damaged surface; chipped varnish


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.