Vessel

The surface looks like speckled granite until the light catches a flash of blue underneath.

This vessel dates to the 7th century and is made of blown glass. Ancient glass buried for centuries often develops a weathered crust and iridescence as its surface slowly breaks down, which is why old glass so often looks more like stone than glass. This small bottle has a tall, narrow neck and a pinched, folded lip. The body swells and is shaped with soft vertical ribs that taper toward a narrow base. Brown and cream speckling covers nearly everything, with glimpses of pale blue and green glass showing through. It is 1 inch wide and 2.5 high.

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