Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

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Translucent blue, deep purple, and opaque white.

Plain, upright rim; convex-curving side.

Composite mosaic pattern formed from sections of three (or more) canes: one in a purple ground with a white spiral; a second in a blue ground with a white spiral; and the third in a blue ground with a scatter of white rods.

One large chip on interior surface; polished on exterior, with pitting of surface bubbles; slight pitting and thick creamy weathering on interior; ground edges.

Glass mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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