Intarsia Panel
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

4.3 x 25 x 0.4 cm (1 11/16 x 9 13/16 x 3/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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