Ribbed mosaic glass bowl, late 1st century –early 1st century


Ribbed mosaic glass bowl, Early Imperial, late 1st century –early 1st century , Roman, probably Italian, Glass; cast and tooled, 4 1/16in. (), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue and purple, and opaque white., Outsplayed horizontal rim, with thick, uneven, rounded edge; convex curving side, tapering downwards., Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a blue ground with a white irregular square surrounding a central white dot; another in a blue ground with with white dots around a purple circle outlined in white with a central white dot; and one in a purple ground with an irregular pattern of white dots; on exterior, fourteen obliquely curving ribs extending from below rim to undercurve of side


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