aryballos; plastic vase

aryballos; plastic vase

An item at Louvre

head (Achelous, beard) Condition of the work: whole; green concretions at the base of the horns and on the beard; alteration of the red highlights. The breaks at the beard and at the base of the neck have been glued back together.

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.