AN ISLAMIC GREEN GLASS FLASK, with cylindrical body and neck with bulbous base, on thick trailed ring foot, the body decorated with thick trailed motifs -- 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high; another green glass flask, the squat body wtih pinched decoration -- 2 in. (5 cm.) high, both with opaque silvery gold iridescence, both 7th-9th Century A.D.; an Islamic pale aubergine glass flask, with globular body on low foot, the tapering neck with wide flaring mouth, the body and neck moulded with shallow vertical ribbing, multicoloured iridescence -- 3.3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high, 9th-10th Century A.D.; and another aubergine glass flask, the spherical body with shallow diagonal ribbing, the conical neck with folded flange at base -- 6 in. (15.2 cm.) high, probably 18th-19th Century A.D. rather than earlier (4)

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AN ISLAMIC GREEN GLASS FLASK, with cylindrical body and neck with bulbous base, on thick trailed ring foot, the body decorated with thick trailed motifs -- 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high; another green glass flask, the squat body wtih pinched decoration -- 2 in. (5 cm.) high, both with opaque silvery gold iridescence, both 7th-9th Century A.D.; an Islamic pale aubergine glass flask, with globular body on low foot, the tapering neck with wide flaring mouth, the body and neck moulded with shallow vertical ribbing, multicoloured iridescence -- 3.3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high, 9th-10th Century A.D.; and another aubergine glass flask, the spherical body with shallow diagonal ribbing, the conical neck with folded flange at base -- 6 in. (15.2 cm.) high, probably 18th-19th Century A.D. rather than earlier (4)

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