Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Body fragment.

Translucent honey brown, cobalt blue, opaque white and yellow.

Almost straight side, tapering downward.

Mosaic pattern formed from large polygonal sections of a single cane in brown containing a circle of white dots outlined in white, another circle inside in blue also containing a circle of white dots and outlined in white, and a central blue circle appearing green outlined in yellow; on exterior, part of two vertical ribs, tapering slightly downward.

Polished on interior, cracking and pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, pitting, and creamy iridescent weathering on exterior and jagged edges.

Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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