Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Body fragment.
Translucent purple, turquoise blue partially appearing green, opaque white and yellow.
Convex curving side, with outsplayed rounded curve at one corner.
Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground outlined in white with a circle of white rods in a central blue ground, and the other in a blue ground with a yellow spiral. All canes distorted.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles and some deep iridescent weathering on exterior; dulling and iridescent weathering on interior and two edges; one edge unweathered.

Glass mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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