A HEAVY FOUR-SIDED MINIATURE GLASS FLASK, with tapering neck and inward-folded rim, each side of the moulded body decorated in relief with a central spiralling tendril terminating with a grape bunch or vine leaf, opaque white iridescence -- 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) high, 6th-7th Century A.D.; a miniature translucent glass flask with faceted neck, the globular body with four wheel-cut circles with raised central dot -- 1 5/8in. (4.1cm.) high; two miniature globular vessels, similar, each wheel-cut with four circles and raised central dots, one with gold iridescence -- 1.6cm. high max., 7th-8th Century A.D.; a bluish-green glass inkwell of cylindrical form, the rim inward-folded, the body moulded with vertical flutes, handle missing -- 2½in. (6.3cm.) high, 8th-10th Century A.D.; a small bright blue glass pilgrim flask, the circular flattened body with tulip-shaped mouth, with opaque white marvered dots and splashes -- 2 1/8in. (5.5cm.) high, circa 10th-12th Century A.D.; and another of mosaic glass with conical mouth, decorated with opaque red circles and iridescent wavy lines on a dark matrix, restoration to upper body -- 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) high, circa 1st Century A.D. (7)

Details
A HEAVY FOUR-SIDED MINIATURE GLASS FLASK, with tapering neck and inward-folded rim, each side of the moulded body decorated in relief with a central spiralling tendril terminating with a grape bunch or vine leaf, opaque white iridescence -- 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) high, 6th-7th Century A.D.; a miniature translucent glass flask with faceted neck, the globular body with four wheel-cut circles with raised central dot -- 1 5/8in. (4.1cm.) high; two miniature globular vessels, similar, each wheel-cut with four circles and raised central dots, one with gold iridescence -- 1.6cm. high max., 7th-8th Century A.D.; a bluish-green glass inkwell of cylindrical form, the rim inward-folded, the body moulded with vertical flutes, handle missing -- 2½in. (6.3cm.) high, 8th-10th Century A.D.; a small bright blue glass pilgrim flask, the circular flattened body with tulip-shaped mouth, with opaque white marvered dots and splashes -- 2 1/8in. (5.5cm.) high, circa 10th-12th Century A.D.; and another of mosaic glass with conical mouth, decorated with opaque red circles and iridescent wavy lines on a dark matrix, restoration to upper body -- 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) high, circa 1st Century A.D. (7)
Provenance
Wolkenberg Collection: sold Christie's, London, 9 July 1991, part lot 4 (item six), part lot 8 (item five) and part lot 9 (items one to four).

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