Art Institute of Chicago
Flat Flask
Byzantine; Eastern MediterraneanLinkedCulture matchlcp-7aabd2819933
- Date
- 5th-6th century
- Medium
- Glass, blown technique
- Culture
- Byzantine Empire
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 67394
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Glass vessels were part of the luxurious domestic decoration displayed in wealthy households in both urban villas and rural estates in the later Roman and early Byzantine eras (about 300–725), and were used for a variety of purposes, including cosmetic containers, pitchers for water or wine, and small cup for drinking. Byzantine glass craftsmen improved upon the techniques, forms, and decorative motifs they had inherited from their Roman predecessors. An imperial edict of 337 exempted glassworkers from personal taxes and attested to their relative status in society; it remained in effect for several centuries.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
- Provenance
- Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson, Chicago, by 1931; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.
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- Object type
- AAT300193015
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