Cosmatesque Fragment

Imperial Porphyry, Green Porphyry, giallo antico, white marble 

Italian  

Circa 1320

An ancient procnnesian marble column fragment with 6 bands of 13th century sectilia inlay. The exact pattern of cosmartiesque decoration relates to a group of panels in the courtyard of the Isabella Stewart-Gardner museum and the interior of Santa Lucia Greta, thought to have been produced by the workshop of the Roman stone cutter Nicola d’Angelo.