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An item at Louvre

Decoration: palmette (inverted, under); volute (double, cord, surmounted by); tabs (in halo) Condition of the work: The object is intact, the surface dulled; the start of the joint cover is preserved.


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.