Cleveland Museum of Art

Pilgrim's Flask with Nimbed Figure

Date

c. 400–600

Medium

opaque glass with paint

Culture

Byzantium, Syria-Palestine, Byzantine period

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. This example was painted with the image of an unidentified saint bearing a nimbus or halo. It must have been used in conjunction with this saint's shrine.

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