olpe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouthpiece (front); garland (ivy leaf); on collar (front); lotus bud (frieze, reversed) on belly; painting (framed by, point, line); maenad (hair, long, headband, chiton, belt, holding, hydria, thyrsus, reversed, walking, towards); altar (decorated with, oves, flame); at the top (left); architectural element (capital, volute, supporting, architrave); in the field (at the top, right); half-palmette (terminated by, volute) Condition of the work: incomplete; less the bottom of the belly and the foot; varnish very chipped

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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