Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment, late 1st century –early 1st century


Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century –early 1st century , Roman, Glass; cast and tooled, Other: 1 3/16 x 1 11/16 in. (3 x cm); estimated diam. of rim: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm), Glass, Rim fragment., Translucent deep honey brown, cobalt blue, and opaque white., Outsplayed rim with rounded lip; slightly convex curving side tapering downward., Spiral mosaic pattern formed from lengths of one or more canes in a brown ground with bands of fine blue and white threads in parallel lines; on exterior, part of a broad vertical rib, with flattened and tooling indents at sides


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