Glass striped mosaic vessel fragment

Roman

Not on view

Thin-walled body fragment.

Translucent purple, light blue appearing semi-opaque green, opaque honey yellow and white, and colorless.

Convex curving side.

Striped quadripartite pattern formed from lengths of at least six different canes: one cane in colorless enclosing a white layer; a network cane in blue with purple spiral thread; a length of purple with a central white line; another network cane in blue with purple spiral thread; a yellow length enclosing a white layer; a blue length enclosing a yellow layer; a colorless network cane with a spiral thread; and a colorless length enclosing a white layer.

Dulling and iridescent creamy weathering on both surfaces and jagged edges.

Glass striped mosaic vessel fragment, Glass, Roman

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