Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Body fragment.
Translucent purple, opaque white and yellow.
Carinated side, with part of one shallow convex curve, then slanting sharply downward below.
Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a purple ground outlined in yellow with two circles of white dots around a central yellow rod.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, creamy brown weathering and iridescence on interior and jagged edges.

Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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