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THBANCIENT BYZANTINE CLAY "GREEK FIRE" GRENADE - TL TESTED
Lot 299
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By Apollo Art Auctions
Mar 27, 2022
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2022-03-27 08:00:00
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Apollo Galleries and Auctions is delighted to present a stunning March 2022 Ancient, Chinese and Islamic Art Auction. The sale is divided into four sections and features items from Christie’s, Bonham’s, Alison Barker, John Lee and other famous collections. Apollo Art Auctions enquiries@apolloauctions.com
Apollo Galleries and Auctions is delighted to present a stunning March 2022 Ancient, Chinese and Islamic Art Auction. The sale is divided into four sections and features items from Christie’s, Bonham’s, Alison Barker, John Lee and other famous collections. Apollo Art Auctions enquiries@apolloauctions.com
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- Lot Description
Circa 800-1000 AD A late Roman, early Byzantine glazed ceramic grenade, also referred to as "Greek Fire". This hollow ceramic vessel is globular in shape, a piriform body, with a short neck and a domed rim. The body is decorated with a centre band of cylidrical circles, with panels of linear lines between. Above this, a panel of motifs in the shapes of crosses, below a panel of diamonds with dots in between. "Greek Fire” was intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick and used as a hand grenade. Typically, it was used in naval battles as it could continue burning while floating on the water. This piece has been precisely dated by means of a Thermo Luminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla, an independent German Laboratory. The samples collected date the piece to the period reflected in its style, whilst also showing no modern trace elements. The TL certificate with its full report will accompany this lot. For similar grenades see: Arendt, W. I., Granaten des 13-14. Jahrhunderts, die an der Wolga gefunden sind, Zeitschrift fur Historische Waffen-und Kostumkunde, 11 (1926-8), p.42; Cf. Arendt, W., Die Spharisch-konischen Gefasse aus Gebranntem Ton, ibid; Ayalon, D., Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Kingdom, London, 1956, p.16. Size: L:240mm / W:125mm; 2.3kg Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old Oxford collection formed in the 1990s.
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