 In 1900 the vase was smashed into 638 pieces by a museum guard by hurling a wooden stool against the protective glass.It was later restored by Pietro Zei in 1902, followed by a second reconstruction in 1973 incorporating previously missing pieces.The uppermost frieze, on the neck of the krater, depicts on side A the Calydonian Boar Hunt, including the heroes Meleager, Peleus, and Atalanta.