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An item at Louvre

Decoration: interior (in medallion); on basin (side A and B); head (woman, in profile, to the left, chignon, cecryphal, diadem, aigrette, earring, necklace) flanking the handle; volute (floral) under foot; circle (pointed) Condition of the work: The vase is incomplete; almost the entire top of the basin and the rim and the handles are missing; the white paint has been erased in places.


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.