Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Translucent purple and opaque white.

Squarish oval, with ground edges, formed from outsplayed rim and straight side.

On exterior of vessel, top of a shallow, broad rib, squared off at top. Mosaic pattern formed from lengths of a single cane in a purple ground with irregular, broad white threads.

Polished interior and edges, with some pitting of surface bubbles; pitting and dulling on interior.

Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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