Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Rim fragment.
Translucent honey brown, blue, opaque white, yellow, and brick red.
Vertical, squared rim; slightly convex curving side.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections and short lengths of two canes: one cane consists of a brown ground with white rods around a central blue rod outlined in white; the other in red with stripes in blue; a blue network cane wound spirally with a single white thread is attached as a rim.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and creamy weathering on interior, rim, and jagged edges.

Glass mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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