Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Translucent blue, opaque yellow and white, and colorless.

Outsplayed rim and straight side, tapering downward.

On exterior of vessel, top of a shallow rib, squared off at top. Composite mosaic pattern formed from sections of two canes: one in a blue ground with a white circle around a central white rod, and the other in a plain yellow surrounded by a colorless ground.

Polished interior, with some pitting of surface bubbles; pitting, dulling, and slight soil encrustation on interior and jagged edges. Irregular tooling marks on exterior at junction of side and rim.

Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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