Glass mosaic bowl fragment. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Other: 11/16 x 2 1/8 in. (1.7 x 5.4 cm); estimated diam. of rim 7 1/16 in. (18 cm). Date: late 1st century B.C.-early 1st century A.D.. Rim fragment, probably from a large ribbed and footd bowl. Translucent cobalt blue and opaque white. Outsplayed, almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; concave curving neck to side, tapering downward . Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with a ring of white rods around a white circle and a central white rod. Polished interior; pitting and sligh
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Glass mosaic bowl fragment. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Other: 11/16 x 2 1/8 in. (1.7 x 5.4 cm); estimated diam. of rim 7 1/16 in. (18 cm). Date: late 1st century B.C.-early 1st century A.D.. Rim fragment, probably from a large ribbed and footd bowl. Translucent cobalt blue and opaque white. Outsplayed, almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; concave curving neck to side, tapering downward . Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with a ring of white rods around a white circle and a central white rod. Polished interior; pitting and slight weathering of surface bubbles on interior; iridescence and creamy weathering on exterior, outer edge of rim, and jagged edges. Possibly from the same vessel as 91.1.1971. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.