Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

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Body fragment.
Translucent blue, purple appearing opaque brick red, blue and yellow layered together appearing dull green, yellow, and white, with colorless glass.
Convex curving side.
Body decorated with almost vertical bands, forming a regular pattern: colorless with spiral yellow thread, blue layered with white, purple layered with white, blue layered with white, colorless with spiral yellow thread, and green.
A few pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and iridescent weathering on interior and iridescent weathering on edges.

Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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