Byzantine or Islamic dark blue glass vessel

R17

£250.00

Available

An opaque dark blue glass flask with a torpedo-shaped body, bulbous neck and flared rim.

Culture:
Byzantine or Islamic, 7th or 8th Century AD

Size:
11 x 2.4 cms

Condition:
Intact with some surface iridescence

Provenance:
Ex. private collection, Versailles, France; acquired in the 19th Century and thence by family descent. An old label on one side: “172”

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