Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Probably part of the rim of a bowl, cut down into a triangular shape.

Translucent blue, deep purple, opaque white and yellow.

Plain, vertical rim, with beveled inner edge; convex-curving side slanting in downward.

Composite mosaic pattern formed from sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a white spiral, and the other in a blue ground with a circle of white rods around a central yellow rod.

One chip on one edge; polished on exterior, with slight pitting of surface bubbles; slight pitting and creamy weathering on interior; ground edges. Rotary grinding marks on interior.

Glass mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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