Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Translucent purple, light blue green appearing green, opaque white and yellow.

Concave curving side, thin-walled.

Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a white circle surrounding a central white outlined in green and yellow rings, and the other in a purple ground around a circular cluster of blue wedge-shaped rods outlined in yellow with a central white rod.

Polished interior; slight pitting of surface bubbles on interior; deep weathering, dulling and creamy iridescence on exterior; iridescent weathering on jagged edges.

Glass mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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