Glass Flask, 7th Century CE - 8th Century CE
Glass
20 x 13.5 cm
7 7/8 x 5 1/4 in
7 7/8 x 5 1/4 in
JB.1470
Rose-water sprinkler a qumqum, mould-blown green, highly iridescent glass; round body flattened on the sides with a cylindrical tapering neck. Egypt or eastern Mediterranean, 5th – 7th century. Ht. 22cm;...
Rose-water sprinkler a qumqum, mould-blown green, highly iridescent glass; round body flattened on the sides with a cylindrical tapering neck.
Egypt or eastern Mediterranean, 5th – 7th century.
Ht. 22cm; Top diam. 1.7cm; Diam in the centre 12.5cm. Comparative material: Carboni, cat.nos. 37a-b, inv.nos. LNS 108 KGand LNS 38 G, p.150; Carboni – Whitehouse, no.5, a “bottle”, p.75.
Prof. Geza Fehervar Prof. Geoffrey King
Egypt or eastern Mediterranean, 5th – 7th century.
Ht. 22cm; Top diam. 1.7cm; Diam in the centre 12.5cm. Comparative material: Carboni, cat.nos. 37a-b, inv.nos. LNS 108 KGand LNS 38 G, p.150; Carboni – Whitehouse, no.5, a “bottle”, p.75.
Prof. Geza Fehervar Prof. Geoffrey King