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An item at Louvre

Decoration: interior (framing medallion); meander (including, crosspiece) in medallion; conversation scene; man (remains, headband, beard, himation, facing); woman (remains, headband, chiton, himation); ground (in highlight) on basin (side A); music scene; musician (headband, himation, forming, veil, holding, lyre, between); young man (2, remains, himation, leaning, on, stick, holding, compass, 1) on basin (side B); conversation scene; young man (2, headband, himation, forming, veil, leaning, on, stick, 1); man (remains, himation, facing) under handle; flanking the handle; plant motif (palmette) Condition of the work: only half of the basin remains, recomposed from several joined fragments, some of which are detached - in a box Restoration: reattached


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.