Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

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Body fragment.
Translucent deep honey brown, cobalt blue, and opaque white.
Part of convex side.
Spiral mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in brown ground with white and blue threads in parallel horizontal lines.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles and weathering of small chipped areas; dulling and creamy weathering on interior and edges.
The fragment appears to have been cut down into this shape in antiquity.

Glass mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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