nero antico

English

Etymology

Italian, literally "black ancient".

Noun

nero antico (uncountable)

  1. (art) A beautiful black marble found in fragments among Ancient Roman ruins, and usually thought to have come from ancient Laconia.
    • 1843, Jeremiah Donovan, Rome, Ancient and Modern: And Its Environs, volume 3, page 730:
      A table of red granite, above which is a relief in nero antico on a ground of lapislazzuli […]

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