Glass striped mosaic fragment

Roman

Not on view

Body fragment.
Translucent blue, turquoise blue and opaque yellow appearing green, purple appearing opaque brick red, white, yellow, and colorless.
Convex curving side, turned in at one corner (bottom?).
Decorated with parallel (horizontal?) bands in blue with thin white and red lines below, colorless glass streaked with red, colorless glass with double yellow spiral threads, streaky green, yellow, white, green, and colorless glass with double yellow spiral threads.
Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy iridescent weathering on interior and jagged edges.

Glass striped mosaic fragment, Glass, Roman

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