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An item at Louvre

Decoration: woman (bust, lock of hair, parotid, necklace, chiton, embroidered, framed by); cord (terminated by, volute, surmounted by); tongues (in halo); on plinth; crenellated meander (pointed); band (2, oblique, alternating) Condition of the work: The object is intact; some chips on the halo and the top of the face; very well preserved polychromy; traces of tearing of the joint cover.


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.