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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.
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Title: Marble disk with two theater masks in relief
Period: Early Imperial
Date: 3rd quarter of 1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: Diam.: 13 1/16 x 3 3/8 in. (33.2 x 8.5 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1913
Accession Number: 13.229.6
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