LOT 452 BYZANTINE CERAMIC "GREEK FIRE" GRENADE
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Ca. 900-1100 AD.A Byzantine hefty, mold-formed pottery hand grenade with an acorn-shaped body, a rounded shoulder, and a narrow mouth. Grenades like this were meant to hold the famed and highly combustible substance known as "Greek fire," though its exact composition is unknown; scholars posit that the mixture was composed of pine resin, naphtha, quicklime, and sulphur.Size: L:113mm / W:93mm ; 495g.Provenance: Private Oxfordshire collection; Formerly acquired on the European art market from pre-2000 collections.
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