Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Translucent deep turquoise blue and purple, and opaque white.

Outsplayed rim, with rounded edge; straight side.

Composite mosaic pattern formed from large sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a scatter of white rods, and the other in a blue ground with a scatter of white rods and a small central circular cane in a purple ground with white rods.

Polished on interior, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling on exterior with weathering of white rods.

Glass mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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