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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on rim; oves (double, pointed) on basin (side A and B); man (satyr, ?, nude, headband, necklace, in baldric, seated, on, volute, ?, stylized, holding, tympanum, ribboned); in the field (side A); necklace flanking the handle; under the handle; plant decoration (palmette, flanked by, volute, flowered) on basin (at the bottom); net Condition of the work: The vase is incomplete; several parts of the basin and the rim are missing, as well as a handle; slight whitish deposit; white paint slightly erased.


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.