Culture: BYZANTINE OR ISLAMIC. Date: 6TH - 9TH CENTURY AD. Material: GLASS. Provenance: EX: PRIVATE COLLECTION. Condition: INTACT, SUPERB, WITH WEATHERING AND IRIDESCENCE. Measurements: 1.75 INCHES HIGH, (4.5 CMS). Yellowish-green glass, this thick flask has a round body with a short cylindrical neck. The pattern-moulded decoration consists of multiple short parallel recessed vertical indentations. Cf: Lucerene, nos. 549-50, p. 129. Our vast inventory of ancient art includes one of the finest and most comprehensive ancient glass collections ever assembled; it includes nearly every variety of pre-Roman, Roman, and Eastern Mediterranean ancient glass. If you have any specific inquiries, please let us know.
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