pithos

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on lip; groove (several) relief decoration; on body (top); figurative area (metope, several, repeated motif); sphinx (towards the right) on body (bottom); cord Condition of the work: complete; small gaps; flaking on the lip Restoration: reattached (several fragments); completed (small gaps in the body)

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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