BYZANTINE GLASS FLASK. Ca. AD 500 - 600 A pale green translucent glass flask of squat globular form, free-blown with a concave base bearing a pontil mark. Six applied handles are evenly spaced around the shoulder and drawn up in vertical loops to join the wide mouth with a rounded rim. Size: 70mm x 70mm; Weight: 90g. Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a Belgian collection (1980s-1990s). For similar see: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Accession Number 71.AF.80.