olpe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouthpiece (front); ivy leaf (garland); on neck (front); frieze (palmette, horizontal, surrounded by, stem, point) on belly; painting (framed by, stylized pomegranates, line, point, staggered, line, vertical); character (remains, hair, ?) Condition of the work: the handle remains with part of the mouthpiece and part of the belly; glued back on

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.

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