Graeco-Roman Cobalt Blue Gla, 100 BCE - 100 CE
This lovely vessel is adorned with one of the rarest of all colors for ancient glass, a blue as rich as the evening sky when the sun has just set...
This lovely vessel is adorned with one of the rarest of all colors for ancient glass, a blue as rich as the evening sky when the sun has just set and the first golden stars have not yet appeared. Perhaps the flowers whose perfume it once contained bloomed only at night, filling the cool air with a fragrance as sweet and soothing as this exquisite color.