Glass mosaic fragment

Roman

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Thin-walled body fragment.
Translucent pale blue green appearing semi-opaque greyish blue, translucent purple, opaque white and brick red, and colorless.
Very shallow convex curving side.
Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one outlined with a thick band in blue in a colorless ground streaked with purple, containing a circle of white dots and a blue rod at center surrounded by a red circle, and the other in a purple ground with a scatter of white rods.
Pinprick bubbles; polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering on interior and edges.

Glass mosaic fragment, Glass, Roman

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