Bottle in the Shape of a Date
1st to mid–2nd century
- Medium
- Glass, mold-blown
- Classification
- Vessel
- Dimensions
- 6.2 × 2.6 × 2.9 cm (2 7/16 × 1 × 1 1/8 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
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Bottles in the shape of dates are commonly preserved in the yellow-brown color of the fruit itself. Vessels like this one served as containers for precious liquids, probably scented oils that were shipped throughout the empire.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
