FurnitureRoman1st century BCE-1st century CE

Intarsia Panel

second half 1st century BCE-first half 1st century CE

Classification

Furniture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Leaded bronze, silver and copper inlays

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Republican period, Late, to Early Imperial

Century

1st century BCE-1st century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

3.7 x 24.3 cm (1 7/16 x 9 9/16 in.)

Provenance

[Sotheby’s, New York, June 25, 1992, lot 329], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

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