Art Institute of Chicago
Amphoriskos (Container for Oil)
Ancient MediterraneanLinkedCulture matchlcp-0441ef48d68a
- Date
- 6th-5th century BCE
- Medium
- Glass
- Culture
- Mediterranean Region
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 67449
Initially affordable only among the wealthy, glass was used in ancient Rome to create tableware and containers for oils and perfume. The word amphoriskos, Greek for “small amphora,” refers to this object’s shape, a miniature version of the two-handled vessels that contained oil or wine. In the ancient Mediterranean world, scented oils, usually olive oil based, were used rather than alcohol-based perfumes.
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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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