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oinochoe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar; character (draped, holding, stick, flanked by); olive branch on shoulder; line (vertical, line) on belly; character (remains, draped, flanked by); plant motif (remains, palmette, scroll, ending with, lotus bud); fillet (2) under handle; palmette (remains) Condition of the work: incomplete; belly very lacking; less the handle; paint almost completely erased; black varnish chipped in places Restoration: glued back (belly, several 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.