Early Islamic, ca. 9th-10th century AD. A magnificent example of a wheel-cut glass flask of an apple-shaped body with a small flaring neck, sitting on a slightly concave circular base. Its surface is dimpled with four rows of roundels evenly distanced, which create a honeycomb-like pattern. Glass bottles featuring honeycomb designs are a type of glassware that were popular in Islamic countries during the Medieval period. The bottles were usually made of a type of glass called soda-lime, which was produced by combining sand, soda ash, and lime. For a similarly decorated flask, from the same period see Carboni S., Glass from Islamic Lands, Cat. 1.16a (LNS 409G), p. 47. Cf. Sotheby's L13220, London, 24 April 2013, Lot 121.Size: L:75mm / W:60mm ; 75gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.