Art Institute of Chicago

Pilgrimage Jug with Christian Symbols

Byzantine; Jerusalem

Date

578–636

Medium

Glass, mold-blown technique

Culture

Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

Department

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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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