skyphos

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Decoration: on basin (side A); Eros (nude, headband, aigrette, necklace, walking, in profile, to the left, holding, tympanum); left; bird (swan, ?, deploying, wing); in the field; patera (4, surrounded by, point); rosette (of point); cornet (decorated with, geometric decoration) on basin (side B); winged woman (bun, headband, jewel, peplos, belt, walking, in profile, to the left, holding, tympanum); left; bird (swan, ?, deploying, wing); in the field; patera (3, surrounded by, point); rosette (of point); cornet (remains) flanking the handle; under the handle; plant decoration (palmette, flanked by, volute, flowered) on basin (at the bottom); chevron (line) Condition of the work: incomplete; less a few shards of the basin and almost half of the bottom of the basin; brown concretions on the bottom of the basin; numerous spallings inside Restoration: reglued (numerous fragments)

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

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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.

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