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Jug
6th century
- Medium
- Glass, mold-blown technique
- Classification
- Vessel
- Dimensions
- 14.3 × 7.9 × 6.8 cm (5 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 2 5/8 in.)
- Culture
- Syria
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Credit line
- Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
- 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
About this work
Glass vessels were one of the many kinds of objects that were made for pilgrims of different faiths who visited Jerusalem. This jug was probably used to store blessed oil or water.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
