Glass mosaic fragment

Roman

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Thin-walled body fragment.
Translucent purple, turquoise blue mixed with yellow appearing green, opaque white, yellow, and colorless.
Almost straight side.
Body decorated with mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in purple ground outlined in white with concentric circles of yellow dots; the second in colorless with yellow spiral, and third in blue with yellow spiral.
Exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; pitting and iridescent weathering on interior and edges.

Glass mosaic fragment, Glass, Roman

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