Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment

Roman

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Rim fragment.
Translucent deep purple, opaque white, yellow, and brick red, and colorless.
Outsplayed, almost horizontal rim with tapering edge; carinated side, with one deep convex curve.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a circle of white dots and a central red rod; the second with a yellow spiral in a colorless ground.
Polished interior; pitting and creamy weathering of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, weathering, and some iridescence on exterior, edge of rim, and jagged edges.

Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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