An amber glass jar, the rounded body with splayed foot and four applied green handles, each with pleat in centre, short cylindrical neck with thick rolled rim, repaired -- 4¼in. (11.5cm.) high, 2nd-3rd Century A.D.; and an Islamic brown glass bottle with applied glass trails around the body -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high, 10th Century A.D., probably Nishapur (2)

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An amber glass jar, the rounded body with splayed foot and four applied green handles, each with pleat in centre, short cylindrical neck with thick rolled rim, repaired -- 4¼in. (11.5cm.) high, 2nd-3rd Century A.D.; and an Islamic brown glass bottle with applied glass trails around the body -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high, 10th Century A.D., probably Nishapur (2)

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