Glass short strip mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

Not on view

Translucent purple, blue, turquoise blue appearing green, and honey yellow appearing red, opaque yellow and white, colorless.

Vertical rim, with rounded inner edge; concave curving side, turned inward at bottom.

Short strip or similar mosaic pattern formed from short rectangular lengths of several composite and network canes set randomly or at right angles to one another: one cane comprises parallel strips of white, purple, and blue with white network thread; another of strips of turquoise blue flanking narrow strips in white, honey yellow, and blue; other colorless canes with distorted network patterns in yellow and white threads, with one appearing as part of the rim.

Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, slight pitting, and faint iridescence on interior; weathering on two jagged edges.

Glass short strip mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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