Oriental alabaster
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Oriental alabaster
First recorded in 1750–60
Example Sentences
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It is supported by four pillars of Oriental alabaster, presented by Mehemet Ali, pasha of Egypt.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
The Oriental alabaster was highly esteemed for making small perfume-bottles or ointment vases called alabastra; and this has been conjectured to be a possible source of the name.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The spacious building is lined throughout with Oriental alabaster, and the exterior is of the same costly finish.
From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Ballou, Maturin Murray
One of the side chapels has four doors executed in Oriental alabaster, together with simulated hangings in rosso antico, the fringe being carved in giallo.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward
The baldacchino above the high altar of St. Paul's is supported by four splendid columns of Oriental alabaster presented to Gregory XVI. by Mehemet Ali, the viceroy of Egypt.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh
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