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Translucent blue, turquoise blue, and opaque white.
Slightly convex curving body.
Pattern of two bands in turquoise on blue ground with white line between.
Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and iridescent weathering on interior and jagged edges.
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Title: Glass mosaic inlay fragment
Period: Early Imperial
Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; cast
Dimensions: Other: 11/16 x 7/8 in. (1.8 x 2.2 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Object Number: 91.1.1991
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