Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Roman, probably Italian

Not on view

Translucent cobalt blue appearing grey blue, opaque yellow, white, and red, and colorless.

Vertical rounded rim; straight side, tapering gently towards bottom.

Striped mosaic pattern formed from lengths of a single composite cane laid side by side in parallel rows, comprising from right to left a blue stripe, encasing and outlined to left in white, a red stripe, and a yellow stripe, outlined to left in white. The pattern is repeated four times, slanting from top right to bottom left. A blue network cane wound spirally with double fine white threads is attached as a rim.

A few bubbles; dulling, slight pitting, and faint iridescent weathering on interior; weathering on jagged edges. Irregular shallow indents on exterior.

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

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