Glass short-strip mosaic vessel fragment

Roman

Not on view

Translucent blue, opaque white, yellow, and red, and colorless.

Convex-curving side.

Short-strip mosaic pattern formed from rectangular lengths of two canes, set randomly or at right angles to one another: one in colorless outlined in white; a second comprising strips of red and yellow flanked and backed by blue, with occasional streaks of white.

Polished on exterior, with some pitting of surface bubbles; pitting, dulling, and iridescent weathering on interior and edges.

Glass short-strip mosaic vessel fragment, Glass, Roman

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