Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment

Roman

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Body fragment.

Translucent honey brown, cobalt blue, and opaque white.

Convex curving side tapering downward.

Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in brown ground with irregular wavy white and blue threads in parallel lines; on exterior, three vertical ribs, fairly widely spaced, with flattened tops, expanding downward.

Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; creamy iridescent weathering on interior; iridescence on jagged edges.

Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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