Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Thin-walled body fragment of bowl.
Translucent purple, light blue partly mixed with yellow appearing green, opaque white and yellow.
Convex curving side.
Mosaic pattern formed from sections of two canes: one in purple ground outlined in white with concentric circles of yellow dots, the other in blue ground with a central white dot and radiating yellow spokes.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; limy encrustation, weathering, and faint iridescence on interior and jagged edges.

Glass mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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