oinochoe

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on neck; palmette (decorated with, fleuron) flanking the handle (at the top); line (wavy, vertical) on body (at the top); tongues (degenerate) on body (front); head (woman, in profile, cecryphal, embroidered, earring) flanking the handle (at the bottom); under handle; plant decoration (palmette, reversed, flanked by, volute, flowered, cornet) Condition of the work: The vase is intact; slight lime deposit in places; the white paint is chipped.

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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