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An item at Louvre

Decoration: interior (framing medallion); wavy ribbon (between); net (4) in medallion; character (nude, holding, branch, ?, 2); in the field; plant element on basin (side A and B); character (2, draped, facing each other); net (2) under handle; palmette; flanking the handle; plant motif (volute, half-palmette) on foot; net (several, reserved) Condition of the work: The vase is incomplete; part of the rim of the basin with the handles is missing; part of the bottom of the foot is also missing; basin glued back on.


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.