crater

An item at Louvre

Decoration: under rim; garland (bay leaf, berry) on basin (side A); combat scene; left; warrior (nude, sword, in, scabbard, walking, to the right, holding, shield, oval, behind); warrior (nude, beard, helmet, crest, scabbard, holding, sword, shield, oval, near); warrior (nude, wounded, javelin, in, neck, falling, kneeling, dropping, sword, shield, helmet); in the field; drapery (2) on basin (below); palmette (3, closed, separated by, triangle, nested) on basin (side B); right; woman (peplos, belt, walking, to the right, returning, head, holding, ?, object); in the field; triangle (nested); cornet on basin (below); post (line) above the handle; palmette Condition of the work: incomplete; less than half of side B and large fragments of the rim Restoration: reattached (numerous fragments). One fragment detached.

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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