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Giallo Antico marble sample
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Large giallo antico marble sample said to be from the Via Firenze in Rome. It is cut and has a straight line along one side, where it is 2.5 cm thick. The other edges are broken. The top is flat and polished smooth. The underside is rough and less of the yellowish-orange color shows through. There appears to be remains of Roman mortar on the underside, perhaps showing where this sample would have been attached as part of a wall or floor.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
George J. Pfeiffer and Rachel Hartwell Pfeiffer Cambridge MA (by 1905) gift; to the Department of the Classics Harvard University Cambridge MA (1905-1977) transfer; to the Fogg Museum 1977.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University Gift of Pfeiffer-Hartwell Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University Gift of Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection
Title: Giallo Antico marble sample
Description:
Large giallo antico marble sample said to be from the Via Firenze in Rome.
It is cut and has a straight line along one side, where it is 2.
5 cm thick.
The other edges are broken.
The top is flat and polished smooth.
The underside is rough and less of the yellowish-orange color shows through.
There appears to be remains of Roman mortar on the underside, perhaps showing where this sample would have been attached as part of a wall or floor.
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