Glass striped mosaic fragment

Roman

Not on view

Translucent cobalt blue, opaque white, yellow, and brick red.
Convex curving side.
Coil in blue with single spiral thread in white; striped pattern formed from lengths of different canes: one in blue layered with white; another in bands of red and yellow; a polygonal cane in a blue ground with a white circle and a central white rod, alternating with a square cane in blue layered with white.
Polished exterior and edge; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and faint iridescent weathering on interior.
Probably a rim fragment but cut down into an oval with rounded corners.

Glass striped mosaic fragment, Glass, Roman

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