Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment

Roman

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Body fragment.
Translucent deep purple, pale turquoise blue partially mixed with opaque yellow and appearing green, opaque white and yellow.
Part of deep, slightly convex curving side, turned out sharply and curving upward above.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of four canes: one in a purple ground with a scatter of white dots; a second in a purple ground with a yellow circle containing a blue ground and a central white rod; a third in a purple ground with a white circle containing a blue ground and a central yellow rod, and the fourth in a blue ground with a yellow spiral around a central white (?) rod.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering on interior and edges.

Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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