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An item at Louvre

Decoration: lotus flower (framed by, volute, surmounted by); woman (head, lock of hair, coiled, diadem, necklace, chiton: embroidered, surmounted by); tongues (in halo) Condition of the work: The object is incomplete, chips on the surface; the lower part and part of the halo are missing. There are traces of tearing of the joint cover.

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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