Pilgrim's Flask (500–700): Art, History and Details
Pilgrim's Flask at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 500–700, green glass. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Pilgrim's Flask (500–700) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Ampullae (small flasks) from pilgrimage sites were made of metal, terracotta, or glass. Because of their fragility, glass ampullae survive less abundantly than the other materials.
Object facts
- Title: Pilgrim's Flask
- Date: 500–700
- Culture: Byzantium, Syria-Palestine, 6th-7th century
- Type: Glass
- Technique: green glass
- Dimensions: Overall: 4.4 x 3.2 cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
- Collection: MED - Byzantine
- Department: Medieval Art
- Accession number: 1999.235
Collection credit
Gift of Bruce Ferrini in memory of Robert P. Bergman
Further reading listed by the museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, “Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Rare Chinese Paintings, Baroque Porcelain Plaque and Other New Acquisitions Exhibited with Hanging Scrolls,” December 20, 1999, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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