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Couch and footstool with bone carvings and glass inlays
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Wood bone glass, Imperial, Roman
Rights: Public Domain
Greek and Roman Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan 1917
Title: Couch and footstool with bone carvings and glass inlays
Description:
Wood bone glass, Imperial, Roman.
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