Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

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Translucent cobalt blue, opaque white, yellow, and brick red, and colorless.
Convex curving side.
Short-strip mosaic pattern formed from short lengths of two canes set at an angle to each other in parallel bands of red, blue, and yellow outlined in white and with colorless streaks.
Pinprick bubbles; polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and creamy weathering on interior and jagged edges.

Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman
Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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