Ribbed mosaic glass bowl, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D., Roman, probably Italian, Glass; cast and tooled, 4 1/16in. (10.3cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue and purple, and opaque white., Outsplayed horizontal rim, with thick, uneven, rounded edge; convex curving side, tapering downwards., Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a blue ground with a white irregular square surrounding a central white dot; another in a blue ground with with white dots around a purple circle outlined in white with a central white dot; and one in a purple ground with an irregular pattern of white dots; on exterior, fourteen obliquely curving ribs extending from below rim to undercurve of side
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Ribbed mosaic glass bowl, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.–early .D, Roman, Italian, Glass, cast, tooled, 4 1/16in, 10.3cm, Translucent cobalt, blue, purple, opaque white, Outsplayed horizontal, rim, thick, uneven, rounded edge, convex curving, side, tapering downwards, Composite mosaic, pattern, formed, polygonal sections, three canes, blue ground, white irregular, square, surrounding, central, dot, another, dots, purple circle, outlined, white, irregular pattern, exterior, fourteen obliquely, curving, ribs, extending, undercurve
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