Cleveland Museum of Art

Pilgrim's Flask

Date

500–700

Medium

green glass

Culture

Byzantium, Syria-Palestine, 6th-7th century

Department

Medieval Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ampullae (small flasks) from pilgrimage sites were made of metal, terracotta, or glass. Because of their fragility, glass ampullae survive less abundantly than the other materials.

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