An early Islamic grey-ware ceramic hand grenade with moulded decoration.

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An early Islamic grey-ware ceramic hand grenade with moulded decoration.
Stock Number:
08155
$ 825.00

Description

An early Islamic grey-ware ceramic hand grenade with moulded decoration. 
Oil filled incendiary grenades of this type were used during the crusades and later by expansion of Islam to central Asia and Europe.
Reference: James & Thorpe, Ancient Inventions, p 231.
Intact.

 

Origin:

Circa 10th-12th century A.D. Greater Persia

Dimensions:

Length: 180 mm