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English: "Led amants de Bordeaux", "Bordeaux lovers"

Two people kissing on a bed underneath a blanket. A dog is lying at the other end of the bed.

A seemingly identical replica found in 1865 at the site of a Roman villa at Montceau-Les-Mines has disappeared.[1]


Artist: Pistillus Signed: PISTILLVS FECIT (Pistillus has made)

Found at Gironde, Bordeaux.

Terra-cotta statuette.

Gallo-Roman

Date:Late 2nd - early 3rd century CE

DIMENSION: 6,3 cm, 12 cm

The National Archaeological Museum. Musée d'Archéologie nationale.

Inv. 72474

Link to the object:https://musee-archeologienationale.fr/collection/objet/couple-sur-un-lit-dit-les-amants-de-bordeaux
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Source https://musee-archeologienationale.fr/collection/objet/couple-sur-un-lit-dit-les-amants-de-bordeaux
Author National Archaeological Museum, France
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  1. John R Clarke (1998) Looking at Lovemaking, University of California Press

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Statuette - Two people kissing on a bed - Pistillus - Late 2nd - early 3rd century CE

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