Composite mosaic pattern assembled from irregular, sometimes polygonal cane sections colored cream to yellow and thin, red rod sections arranged obliquely and embedded in dark green (weathering to brown). Translucent. No impurities.
Technique
Canes fused and slumped on convex former. Lip ground down. Faint striations on interior from polishing.
sim. mosaic pattern: Papageorgiou2014, pp. 101–102, 373, 378–379, no. 16 (Patras, Italian product, end 1st century BCE–mid-1st century CE)
Comparanda
sim. mosaic pattern: Schatzschock2010b, p. 600, no. B-G 48, pl. 458 (Hanghaus 1.2, Ephesos, 3rd century?)
Description
Wide, shallow, hemispherical bowl in mosaic glass that resembles dense foliage. Flaring, straight to slightly inward-curving rim tapering to sharp lip.
Preservation comment
One fragment preserves small part of rim and upper body. Extensive pitting; slight dulling.