Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Rim fragment.

Semi-opaque blue green appearing greyish green, dark purple appearing black, opaque white, yellow, and red.

Outsplayed horizontal rim, with rounded edge; convex curving side slanting downward.

Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue green ground with a black circle containing a ring of yellow rods and a central white rod surrounded by a red circle.

Polished interior; pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on interior; dulling and creamy brown weathering on exterior, edge of rim, and part of one jagged edge; other edges unweathered.

Glass mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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