Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast and tooled, Other: 1 1/16 x 1 9/16 in. (2.8 x 4 cm); estimated diam. of rim: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm), Glass, Rim fragment. Translucent cobalt blue, opaque white and yellow. Outsplayed, rounded rim; concave curving neck, almost straight side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two or more canes: one in a blue ground with a circle of white rods around a central, tight yellow spiral; a second in a blue ground with a central white rod surrounded by a circle of yellow dots; on exterior, top of a single vertical rib, squared off above, and irregular horizontal tooling marks around neck
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Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.–early .D, Roman, Glass, cast, tooled, 1 1/16 x 1 9/16, 2.8 4 cm, estimated diam, rim, 7 1/16, 18, Rim, Translucent cobalt, blue, opaque white, yellow, Outsplayed, rounded rim, concave curving, neck, almost straight, side, Composite mosaic, pattern, formed, polygonal sections, two, canes, blue ground, circle, white rods, central, tight yellow, spiral, second, central, rod, surrounded, yellow dots, exterior, top, single vertical, rib, squared off, irregular horizontal, tooling, marks
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