Byzantine 'Greek Fire' Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade 9th-11th century AD A hollow ceramic piriform vessel with conical top and thick rim, narrow mouth and conical base, intended to be filled with explosive liquid and wick, used as a hand grenade; vertical bands of lobes on a field of stamped ovals. 1.1 kg, 16.5cm (6 1/2"). Fine condition. Provenance Property of a Suffolk collector; formerly acquired on the European art market in the 1990s; accompanied by an academic paper by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato
Byzantine 'Greek Fire' Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade 9th-11th century AD A hollow ceramic piriform vessel with conical top and thick rim, narrow mouth and conical base, intended to be filled with explosive liquid and wick, used as a hand grenade; vertical bands of lobes on a field of stamped ovals. 1.1 kg, 16.5cm (6 1/2"). Fine condition. Provenance Property of a Suffolk collector; formerly acquired on the European art market in the 1990s; accompanied by an academic paper by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato
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