Byzantine; Jerusalem
Pilgrimage Jug with Christian Symbols
INV-6209
Byzantine; Jerusalem578–636
Pilgrimage Jug with Christian Symbols
Byzantine; Jerusalem →byzantineimperial (roman)palestinianvesselglass
Date
578–636
Medium
Glass, mold-blown technique
Dimensions
15 × 9.1 × 7 cm (5 7/8 × 3 9/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
Glass workshops outside the walls of Jerusalem mass-produced a series of hexagonal and octagonal jugs with Christian or Jewish symbols on their sides. The vessels with Christian symbols, like this example, have images of the cross alternating with diamond shapes. Such vessels were probably filled with oil from holy sites and sold to pilgrims.
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