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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on basin (side A); woman (cecryphal, peplos, belt, with apoptygma, running, to the right, arms, spread) under handle; palmette flanking the handle; volute (floral) Condition of the work: The vase is incomplete and has been glued back together; part of the basin on side A and a handle remain; concretions.

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.