Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in. (3.1 x 3.1 cm); estimated diam. of rim 3 9/16 in. (9 cm), Glass, Rim fragment., Translucent purple, turquoise blue, opaque white, yellow, and colorless., Vertical rim with slightly inwardly-beveled edge; shallow convex curving side., Short-strip 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 rim
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Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.–early .D, Roman, Glass, cast, 1 3/16 x 1 3/16, 3.1 3.1 cm, estimated diam, rim 3 9/16, 9, Rim, Translucent purple, turquoise blue, opaque white, yellow, colorless, Vertical rim, slightly inwardly-beveled, edge, shallow convex, curving, side, Short-strip mosaic, pattern, formed, short lengths, three, canes set, slanting lines, cane consists, purple ground, white spiral, enclosing, colorless, central yellow, rod, second comprising, blue band, layered, white, third, yellow, small central, encased, blue, network, cane, wound, spirally, two, threads, attached, rim
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