oinochoe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on neck; head (woman, in profile, to the left, chignon, cecryphal, embroidered); left; half-palmette on belly (front); head (2, woman, in profile, chignon, ribbon, cecryphal, embroidered, facing, on either side of); branch (bay leaf) under handle; palmette Condition of the work: The vase is intact; the foot is slightly chipped; the paint is faded white; limestone deposit and brownish concretions on the entire vase.

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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