Amphoriskos (Container for Oil)

Ancient Eastern Mediterranean

5th-early 4th century BCE

Medium

Glass, core-formed technique

Classification

Vessel

Dimensions

9.7 × 4.9 × 4.9 cm (3 7/8 × 1 7/8 × 1 7/8 in.)

Culture

Ródhos

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

Credit line

Gift of Ebenezer Buckingham

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

• Glass
• 5th century BCE
• Blue