Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

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Rim fragment.
Translucent blue, opaque white, yellow, and colorless.
Applied coil rim with almost flat lip; almost straight vertical side, then curving inward at bottom.
Rim in blue with white spiral thread; body decorated with bands slanting from top right to bottom left, forming an irregular wavy pattern in blue and colorless glass, with thin white and yellow stripes.
Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with slight pitting of surface bubbles; dulling, pitting, and faint creamy weathering on interior, and some iridescent weathering on edges.

Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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