The glass is the first archeological find of its kind and it is believed that the original vessel it was part of would have been made in Syria, Iraq or Egypt in the 12th or 13th century.
The largest known cylindrical piece with a flaring top made in enamelled and gilded glass from the Mamluk era in Egypt or Syria (1250-1517). Currently in Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon, Portugal.(photo credit: Pedro Ribeiro Simões/FLICKR)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
