Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment

Roman

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Body fragment.
Translucent honey brown, purple, and light blue, opaque white and yellow.
Part of bottom and side curving unevenly upward; one straight edge running across bottom and up side.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a brown ground with a white spiral and central white rod; a second in a purple ground with a white circle around a tiny central yellow spiral, and the third in a purple ground with a white spiral around a tiny central yellow spiral; trace of a fourth cane in a blue ground with a white spiral.
Polished exterior; pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and iridescent weathering on interior and edges.

Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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