Amphoriskos (Container for Oil)

Ancient Eastern Mediterranean

Hellenistic, 2nd-1st century BCE

Medium

Glass, core-formed technique

Classification

Vessel

Dimensions

12.1 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm (4 3/4 × 3 × 3 in.)

Culture

Eastern Mediterranean Region

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

• Glass
• 2nd century BCE
• Brown