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Oriental alabaster
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Origin of Oriental alabaster1
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Example Sentences
The sarcophagus of oriental alabaster was in place, but empty; the lid had been raised and broken.
The shafts of the columns of the temple of Jupiter are of oriental alabaster of one stone.
In the centre of the gallery is a magnificent bath of the finest Oriental alabaster.
The pavement of this room was of oriental alabaster, of which fragments remain.
The white is generally mother-of-pearl, or marble, veined with a pale grey, and a good deal of Oriental alabaster is used.
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