Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Rim fragment, probably from a large ribbed and footd bowl.
Translucent cobalt blue and opaque white.
Outsplayed, almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; concave curving neck to side, tapering downward .
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with a ring of white rods around a white circle and a central white rod.
Polished interior; pitting and slight weathering of surface bubbles on interior; iridescence and creamy weathering on exterior, outer edge of rim, and jagged edges.
Possibly from the same vessel as 91.1.1971.

Glass mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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