Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Rim fragment.
Translucent cobalt blue, purple appearing opaque brick red, opaque yellow and white.
Applied coil rim with rounded, vertical lip; convex curving side, tapering downward.
Rim in blue with single white spiral thread; body decorated with parallel bands slanting from top right to bottom left, forming a regular pattern: blue with double fine white spiral threads, blue, white layered with blue, red, and yellow.
Some pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy weathering on interior; some iridescent weathering on jagged edges.

Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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