Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Rim fragment.
Translucent cobalt blue, deep honey yellow, opaque white, yellow, and brick red.
Vertical rim with beveled edge; almost straight side, tapering downward.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections and short rectangular lengths of three canes: one in a blue ground with a ring of white dots around a white circle and central white rod; a second in a yellow ground with a circle of white dots around a central design of four red rods surrounded by white circles in a blue (?) ground, and a length in red flanked by blue layered with white; a blue cane wound spirally with a white thread is attached as a rim.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and creamy iridescent weathering on interior, edge of rim, and jagged edges.

Glass mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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