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An item at Louvre

Decoration: interior (framing medallion); meander (including, crosspiece) in medallion; conversation scene; young man (2, remains, himation, leaning on, stick, 1) on basin (side A and B); conversation scene; on basin (side A); young man (3, himation, forming, veil, 2, holding, stick, 2, leaning, 1); in the field; shield; scabbard; kéras on basin (side B); young man (3, remains, himation, leaning, 1) under handle; flanking the handle; plant motif (palmette, volute) Condition of the work: incomplete; less a part of the basin side B completed in plaster; cup recomposed from several joined fragments glued back together; chips; the foot and 1 fragment in a box; antique restoration (metal staples)

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.