Glass mosaic meandering-strip bowl fragment

Roman

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Rim fragment.
Translucent blue, opaque white and brick red.
Vertical rim with almost flat top and rounded edges; almost straight side, tapering slightly downward.
Meandering-strip mosaic pattern formed from large sections of a single cane with a broad band in blue, partially layered with white, and red layered with blue and white; a blue network cane wound spirally with a white thread is attached as a rim.
Many pinprick bubbles; polished exterior; slight pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and iridescent weathering on interior, rim, and edges.

Glass mosaic meandering-strip bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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