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An item at Louvre

Decoration: interior (framing medallion); meander (interrupted) in medallion; Hermes (nude, diadem, holding, caduceus, purse, ?) on basin (side A and B); figure (draped, 2, diadem, holding, band, 1) under handle; palmette; flanking the handle; plant motif (volute, foliage) Condition of the work: The vase is incomplete; the handles, small parts of the basin and the foot are missing.

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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