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An item at Louvre
Decoration: interior (framing medallion); meander (including, crosspiece) in medallion; banquet scene; man (headband, beard, nude, himation, offering, bandage); man (headband, beard, nude, himation, holding, stick, cup, half-reclining, on, cushion, mattress) on basin (side A and B); comos scene; on basin (side A); comast (4, remains, headband, 3, beard, 3, nude, himation, dancing, with, skyphos, 1); in the field; object (suspended) on basin (side B); comast (4, remains, headband, 2, beard, 3, nude, himation, dancing, with, skyphos, 1) under handle; plant motif (palmette) flanking the handle; ivy leaf Condition of the work: incomplete; less one handle, a fragment of the foot and a third of the basin; lacunae completed in plaster; section reconstructed from numerous joined fragments glued together including NY 1977.16.1 which completes face A the head and torso of the comaste on the far right and NY 1984.37.1 which completes the meander of the medallion and face A the legs of the third comaste; some fragments are not joined; chips; damaged surface
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.