Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Translucent purple, turquoise blue appearing green, and honey yellow, opaque white and yellow.

Body fragment of deep carinated bowl with part of upper, shallow carinated curve and larger section of lower curved side turning in towards the bottom.

Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a purple ground with a white circle and central yellow rod comprising a tiny spiral, another in a yellow ground with a white spiral and a central blue rod containing a tiny yellow spiral, and the third in a blue ground with a yellow spiral and a central white rod.

Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; some dulling, pitting, and some polishing on interior; slight weathering on jagged edges. Some horizontal tooling marks below carination on exterior.

Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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