Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

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Rim fragment (of shallow bowl?)
Translucent deep purple, pale greyish blue appearing green, opaque white and yellow.
Flat, ground-off rim; sharply slanting, almost straight side, then curving in at bottom.
Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a circle of white dots around a central white dot, and the other in a streaky blue and white ground around a rosette pattern of purple rods outlined in yellow, with a central white rod surrounded by a purple circle.
Polished exterior; pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, deep pitting, and creamy weathering on interior, rim, and jagged edges.

Glass mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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