Gold-glass mosaic bowl fragment, early 2nd century
Gold-glass mosaic bowl fragment, Hellenistic, early 2nd century , Greek, Glass; cast, H.: 3 3/8 in. ( cm), Glass, Colorless, colorless with purple tinge, translucent cobalt blue, opaque white, opaque yellow, and gold leaf., Hemispherical bowl fragment with flaring rim with rounded edge; convex curving side., Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single composite cane in a blue ground with a white spiral and central dot in yellow; interspersed with this cane are numerous irregular segments, one in solid white, the second in solid yellow, and the thrid in gold leaf snadwiched in colorless glass; a purplish coloress cane is attached as a rim
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