Glass mosaic box (pyxis) fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 1 1/16 x 1 in. (2.6 x 2.6 cm), Glass, Translucent streaky purple, turquoise blue, partially mixed with opaque yellow and appearing green, opaque white, yellow, and red., Vertical side to cylindrical body, curving in to flat bottom., Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground outlined in white and surrounding a circular cluster of green rods outlined in yellow; the other in a purple ground with a white circle and a central yellow dot surrounded by red
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Glass mosaic box, pyxis, fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.–early .D, Roman, Glass, cast, 1 1/16 x 1, 2.6 2.6 cm, Translucent streaky, purple, turquoise blue, partially mixed, opaque yellow, appearing green, white, yellow, red, Vertical side, cylindrical body, curving, flat bottom, Mosaic pattern, formed, polygonal sections, two canes, purple ground, outlined, white, surrounding, circular cluster, green rods, white circle, central, dot, surrounded
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