Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF BYZANTINE GLASS VESSELS

COLLECTION OF BYZANTINE GLASS VESSELS - Ca. AD 500 - 700. A collection of five glass vessels, including, from left to right: a squat jar with a rounded globular body, a short collar, and a wide funnel mouth; a miniature cylindrical phial with a rolled everted rim; a compact jar with an ovoid body rising to a concave neck and a flaring funnel mouth; a bottle with an elongated body and a narrow cylindrical neck; and a small molar-type flask with wedge-shaped feet.For similar see: J. Kröger, Nishapur: Glass of the Early Islamic Period, Cat. 186-188.Size: 35-80mm x 18-40mm; Weight: 110gProvenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.