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An item at Louvre

Decoration: interior (framing medallion); spiral (false, between); net (2) in medallion; man (nude, holding, stick, phiale, in front); altar on basin (side A and B); figure (draped); net (2) under handle; palmette; flanking the handle; plant motif (half-palmette, volute, ending with, lotus bud) Condition of the work: The vase is incomplete; part of the basin with the handles is missing; the lower part of the foot is also missing; paint erased in places; basin reattached.

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.