Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Translucent pale honey brown and opaque white.
Narrow, outsplayed rim with rounded edge; fairly straight side tapering diagonally downward.
Marbled mosaic pattern formed from large sections of a single cane in brown ground with numerous white streaks; part of a broad shallow vertical rib on exterior, forming concave indent on interior.
Some pinprick bubbles; polished interior , with pitting of surface bubbles and creamy brown weathering in indent; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering on exterior, rim, and jagged edges.

Glass mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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