High on luxury
Subtitle: lost treasures from the Roman Empire
By: Anne Marie Nielsen and Anna Wirenfeldt Minor
Contributors: Wirenfeldt Minor, Anna; Ny Carlsberg glyptotek; Bibliothèque nationale de France
Publisher: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek; Bibliothèque nationale de France
Published: 2018
Place of publication: [Copenhagen]; Paris
Language: eng; und
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9788774523574
Subjects: Classical Silverwork; Exhibitions; Silverwork; Excavations (Archaeology)
Other titles: Lost treasures from the Roman Empire
Description: In 1830, near the village of Berthouville in France, a farmer discovered 25 kg of Roman silver service dating from the 1st ? 3rd centuries AD. It had remained untouched for 1500 years. What was nearly miraculous was that the treasure had not then been scattered to the four winds, sold or melted down, but ended up in the Bibliotéque nationale de France.00Today the treasure permits rare insight into life around a Roman temple. Together with other contemporary objects of great value from the Roman Empire it tells us about a life of decadence, but also reflects the cultural sophistication and intellect of Romans when conversation dealt with the motifs of the silverware ? the Greek myths.00Exhibition: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark (14.03.-02.09.2018).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, March 14-September 2, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references.