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An item at Louvre

Decoration: lotus flower (framed by, volute, double, surmounted by); woman (head, lock of hair, rolled up, diadem, chiton, embroidered, surmounted by); tongues (in nimbus) Condition of the work: incomplete - less the end of the volutes and the center of the plinth - some surface chips - polychromy well preserved - joint cover largely preserved.

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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