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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A and B); character (draped, holding, object, flanked by); volute; net (2) under handle; palmette Condition of the work: The vase is incomplete; a large part of side B is missing, a small side with the handle and part of side A; paint and black varnish chipped in places; several fragments of the belly have been glued back on; the vase is completed in plaster.


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.