Glass network mosaic fragment

Roman

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Rim fragment.
Colorless and translucent deep honey brown, with opaque white.
Applied coil rim with thick, rounded lip; slightly curving side, becoming thinner towards bottom.
Rim in brown with white spiral thread; body decorated with six parallel horizontal canes decorated with single spirally twisted threads.
Many pinprick bubbles; exterior polished; pitting of surface bubbles; jagged weathered edges; dulling and weathering on interior.

Glass network mosaic fragment, Glass, Roman

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