olpe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouthpiece; checkerboard; on neck (front); lotus flower and bud (frieze, reversed, pointed) on belly; painting (remains, surmounted by, stylized grenades, line); Athena (remains, helmet, aegis, turned, to the left, holding, spear, shield, round) Condition of the work: only the mouthpiece with the start of the handle, the front of the neck and the upper part of the painting remain; worn surface; chips on the breaks; glued back together (4 fragments)

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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