960

Pre-Romanesque

perfume bottle. Reliquary of pedret

•  Green glass, blown and mill-cut
•  7.6 x 2 x 2 cm
•  9th-10th century
• Origin: church of Sant Quirze de Pedret, Cercs (El Berguedà)

MDCS 960

Perfume bottle, very probably used as a reliquary in the first consecration of the church of Sant Quirze de Pedret. This specimen of milled bottle is the only one known in Catalonia. The typology is markedly Islamic.

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