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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouthpiece (front); checkerboard; on neck (front); ivy leaf (garland) on belly; painting (remains, surmounted by, meander); quadriga (three-quarters, to the right, led by); warrior (Phrygian cap, ?, near); warrior (remains, helmet, crest, top) Condition of the work: the mouthpiece with the start of the handle, the neck and the top of the painting remain; worn surface; chipped varnish; glued back on (2 fragments)

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.