Marble disk with two theater masks in relief
Unknown
3rd quarter of 1st century CE · Marble · Greek and Roman Art
Marble disks known as oscilla decorated the peristyles of Roman villas. Most were carved on both sides with images related to the world of Dionysus and were designed to hang freely between the columns that surrounded interior gardens.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 3rd quarter of 1st century CE
- Medium
- Marble
- Culture
- Roman
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1913
