Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Base fragment.
Translucent turquoise blue appearing green and opaque yellow.
Outsplayed, integral base ring with flat bottom edge; underside of bottom slightly convex.
Mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in a green ground with numerous small yellow circles, each surrounding a central green rod.
Polished interior of bottom with outer edge ground flat to side of base ring; pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, pitting, and creamy brown weathering on base ring, exterior of bottom, and broken edge.

Part of the flat bottom of a bowl with low base ring on exterior.

Glass mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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