Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment
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Body fragment.
Translucent cobalt blue, purple, and opaque white.
Slightly outsplayed neck; deep, slightly convex curving side, tapering downward.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with a circle of white rods around a white circle surrounding a purple ground with a central white rod; on exterior, two broad vertical ribs, fairly widely spaced, with flattened tops and rounded outer edges, tapering downward.
Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles and iridescent weathering in one chip on interior; dulling and iridescent weathering on exterior and jagged edges.
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