Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Body fragment.
Translucent blue, purple appearing opaque brick red, turquoise blue appearing green, opaque yellow, with colorless glass.
Slightly convex curving side.
Decorated with vertical bands, forming a regular pattern: green, colorless with two spiral yellow threads, blue, red, blue, colorless with two spiral yellow threads, and green.
Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy weathering on interior; some iridescent weathering on jagged edges.

Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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