Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Rim and side of a shallow bowl.

Translucent blue, purple, opaque honey yellow and white, and colorless.

Vertical, rounded rim; almost vertical side, expanding slightly outward, then turned in sharply to sloping bottom.

Striped pattern formed from lengths of different canes, repeated in parallel, almost vertical lines: one cane in yellow enclosing a white layer; another in colorless flanked to either side with a purple line; and a third in blue, partially layered with white and appearing pale semi-opaque blue; a blue network cane with a white spiral thread is attached as a rim.

One large chip in exterior surface of bottom; dulling and patches of iridescent weathering on both surfaces and jagged edges. Irregular shallow horizontal tooling marks on exterior of side.

Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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