Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

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Rim fragment.
Translucent blue layered with white appearing greyish blue, deep purple, purple layered with white appearing opaque pale red, turquoise blue layered with yellow appearing green, and opaque white, with colorless glass.
Applied coil rim with vertical, rounded lip; side tapering inward.
Rim in colorless glass with double white spiral threads; body decorated with bands slanting from top right to bottom left, forming a pattern: blue, white, blue, purple with white spiral thread, green, white, pale red, purple, pale red, white, purple with white spiral thread, and blue.
Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and iridescent weathering on interior; iridescent weathering on edges.

Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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