Early Islamic, ca. 9th-10th century AD. A nice example of a wheel-cut glass flask of a pear-shaped body with a small flaring neck, sitting on a slightly concave circular base. Its surface is dimpled with three 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, cf. Sotheby's L13220, London, 24 April 2013, Lot 121.Size: L:90mm / W:45mm ; 70gProvenance: Private collection of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.