Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment late 1st century –early 1st century Roman Rim purple, turquoise blue, opaque white, yellow, and rim with slightly inwardly-beveled edge; shallow convex curving mosaic pattern formed from short lengths of three or more canes set in slanting lines: one cane consists of a purple ground with white spiral enclosing a colorless ground with a central yellow rod; a second comprising of a blue band layered with white; a third in a colorless ground with a yellow spiral around a small central white ro
Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment late 1st century –early 1st century Roman Rim purple, turquoise blue, opaque white, yellow, and rim with slightly inwardly-beveled edge; shallow convex curving mosaic pattern formed from short lengths of three or more canes set in slanting lines: one cane consists of a purple ground with white spiral enclosing a colorless ground with a central yellow rod; a second comprising of a blue band layered with white; a third in a colorless ground with a yellow spiral around a small central white rod encased in blue; a colorless network cane wound spirally with two blue threads is attached as a bubbles in rim; polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and creamy weathering on interior, rim, and jagged Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment. Roman. late 1st century –early 1st century Glass; cast. Early Imperial. Glass
Size: 1700px × 1491px
Photo credit: © MET/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
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