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askos

An item at Louvre

on shoulder; handle (in the shape of, duck, head); wing (2); bust (woman, polos, earring, chiton, holding, patera) on belly (front); gorgoneion Decoration: on neck (on rim); line (file) on belly (on side, 2); palmette on belly (behind); circle Condition of the work: The object was reglued, completed and repainted in the 19th century.


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.