Object Image

Wall revetment, marble pattern

Unknown Artist

Glass plaques imitating expensive marble or stones were used as wall coverings.

Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926

200 BC-100 AD

Glass

1.4 x 3.6 in

26.7.1259

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