Culture: Byzantine workshop (Romania or Hungary).

Date: 5th - 7th Century A.D.

Material: Glass.

Condition: Intact, with weathering and iridescence.

Provenance: Ex: American private collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Measurements: 3.4 inches high (8.5 cms).

Green or pale green glass with bulbous bottom, pinched in waist, and cylindrical upper section with diagonal pattern-mould rim. This glass may have been used as lamp and inserted in a polycandelon. Very rare type.

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