Glass mosaic plate fragment

Roman

Not on view

Translucent blue green, opaque red, white, and yellow.

Broad, outsplayed rim, with rounded but uneven lip, sloping obliquely inward; recessed shallow ledge between rim and side, perhaps from modern polishing; slightly convex curving side, tapering downward.

Mosaic pattern formed from large sections of a single cane in a blue green ground with multiple rods in red mixed with white and a central yellow rod.

Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, slight pitting and weathering on interior; weathering on jagged edges.

Glass mosaic plate fragment, Glass, Roman

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