Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Roman, probably Italian

Not on view

Translucent deep cobalt blue, and turquoise blue appearing green, opaque yellow, white, and red, and colorless.

Vertical rim, ground flat; vertical side, then turned in sharply towards bottom.

Striped mosaic pattern formed from lengths of two alternating canes laid side by side in parallel rows and separated from one another by single lengths of a colorless network cane wound with a double spiral thread: one composite cane comprising a central red length encasing white and outlined irregularly in white, flanked by cobalt blue stripes; the other with a central yellow length flanked by turquoise blue stripes encasing yellow. A colorless network cane wound spirally with two yellow threads in opposite directions is attached as a rim.

Polished exterior; slight pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and whitish iridescent weathering on interior; some weathering on jagged edges.

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

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