Art Institute of Chicago
Amphoriskos (Container for Oil)
ByzantineLinkedCulture matchlcp-06395b34ef5e
- Date
- 5th-7th century
- Medium
- Glass, core-formed technique
- Culture
- Mediterranean Region
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 67448
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Initially affordable only among the wealthy, glass was used in ancient Rome as containers for oils, perfume, and tablewares. The word “amphoriskos”, Greek for “small amphora”, refers to this object’s shape, a miniature version of the two-handled metal or ceramic vessels that contained oil or wine. Core-formed glass was made by dipping a removable core that gives the vessel its shape into a molten glass mixture. The technical achievements and prestige of glass continued through the Byzantine period.
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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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