Glass mosaic dish fragment

Roman

Not on view

Translucent purple, light blue green appearing green, opaque white and yellow.

Vertical rim; shallow curving side, then turned in towards bottom, thin-walled.

Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a purple ground with a white circle and central yellow rod comprising a tiny spiral, another in a purple ground with a white circle and a central solid white rod, and the third in a blue ground with a yellow spiral and a central white rod.

Polished exterior; slight pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; some dulling, pitting, and iridescence on interior; dulling and iridescent weathering on jagged edges.

Glass mosaic dish fragment, Glass, Roman

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