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vase

An item at Louvre

with handle (Small vase with one handle: oinochoe with a round and marked mouth, a flat handle, a high, slightly truncated neck, pear-shaped body, disc-shaped foot. Decoration at the top of the body of tongues radiating from the neck; frieze of checkerboards; a plant garland (laurel?) on each side of the body; and, at the bottom of the body, two large vertical leaves on each side. Mold line visible on each side of the vase. Slightly "crushed" relief.)

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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The collections of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities present the civilization that evolved on the banks of the Nile, from the end of Prehistory (around 4,000 BCE) to the Christian era (from the 4th century CE).