Ca. 900-1200 AD. A hefty, mold-formed pottery hand grenade with a piriform body, a rounded shoulder, and a narrow mouth. The exterior body is decorated with four panels of closely spaced stamped circles. 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:120mm / W:90mm ; 550gProvenance: Private UK collection; Formerly acquired on the European art market from pre-2000 collections.