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An item at Louvre

Decor: interior (framing medallion); meander (interrupted) in medallion; banquet preparations; man (beard, loincloth, putting on, slice of meat, in); cauldron; on basin (side A and B); banquet preparations on basin (side A); young man (leftovers, loincloth, holding, knife, quarter of meat, deer, ?, behind, table: slice of meat, near); young man (leftovers, loincloth, holding, spit, slice of meat) on basin (side B); young man (remains, half-naked, holding, brooch, 2, in front, platform, ?, step, ?) Condition of the work: less the foot, part of the basin and the medallion-basin recomposed of numerous fragments-2 fragments of the handle not joined, intact-2 parts of the handle not joined, intact-chips on the breaks-worn surface Restoration: glued back together (basin in 12 fragments)-completed (1 handle)-antique restoration (?, metal rod in the center of the medallion)


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.