Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Rim fragment.
Translucent blue, purple, turquoise blue mixed with yellow appearing green, pale purple mixed with white appearing brick red, opaque white and yellow, and colorless.
Rounded, slightly inverted, vertical rim; convex curving side, tapering downward.
Short-strip mosaic pattern formed from rectangular lengths of different canes, one consisting of stripes in purple and green, another in red and white, and a third apparently in colorless.
Polished on exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and patches of weathering on interior, rim, and jagged edges.
This fragment is unusual since it does not have a separate network cane attached as a rim.

Glass mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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