Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

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Rim fragment.
Translucent deep purple, light blue appearing green, opaque white, yellow, and brick red.
Vertical rim with rounded inner edge; side with thicker, convex collar below rim on interior, tapering downward.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a purple ground with a concentric white circle and a central white rod surrounded by blue and yellow circles; another in a purple ground with an irregular scatter of red dots and a central white rod surrounded by blue and yellow circles, and the third in a blue ground with radiating yellow spokes around a central white rod.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; deep pitting and creamy iridescent weathering on interior, rim, and edges.

Glass mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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