This extremely rare and beautiful Cosmatesque mosaic tile is made of very precious and antique different types of coloured marbles. On a thick solid rectangular block of white Carrara marble a geometric pattern is created with old fragments of Giallo Antico from Numidia (antique yellow marble), antique green porphyry called serpentine and red Egyptian porphyry.
This gorgeous architectural element was probably once a part of a church’s or chapel's floor, can be dated around 1800, attributable to the Grand Tour Period, even if the marble tiles used...
Category
19th Century Italian Medieval Antique Florence - Architectural Elements
MaterialsMarble, Carrara Marble, Serpentine, Porphyry