BYZANTINE GLASS FLASK WITH TRAILED OPENWORK DECORATION. Ca. AD 500 - 600 A pale green free-blown glass flask with an apple-shaped body set on a depressed base and rising to a wide circular mouth. From rim to shoulder, heavy glass trails are drawn out and tacked down in a continuous zigzag band around the circumference. Size: 70mm x 65mm; Weight: 60g. 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.