Glass striped mosaic vessel fragment

Roman, probably Italian

Not on view

Translucent deep cobalt blue, opaque red and yellow, and colorless.

Convex curving side of a deep bowl.

Striped pattern formed from parallel lengths of different canes: one broad stripe in plain blue; another in red overlaid with colorless, and three in a colorless network wound with double yellow threads.

Polished exterior; slight pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and patches of iridescent weathering on interior; some weathering on jagged edges, but one straight edge chipped and unweathered.

Glass striped mosaic vessel fragment, Glass, Roman, probably Italian

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