Glass mosaic fragment

Roman

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Rim fragment.
Translucent cobalt blue, opaque white and yellow, and colorless.
Applied coil rim, vertical with rounded edge; shallow side curving in towards bottom.
Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a colorless ground with a yellow spiral, the other in a blue ground with a white spiral; rim in blue with white spiral trail.
Polished exterior; pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and brownish weathering on interior and edges.
Coil rim applied unevenly, extending down side on exterior and narrow band on interior.

Glass mosaic fragment, Glass, Roman

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Glass mosaic fragment, Glass, Roman
Glass mosaic fragment, Glass, Roman

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