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Byzantine Pottery Pilgrim's Flask
Byzantine Pottery Pilgrim's Flask
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Description
Byzantine Empire, ca. 500 CE. This is a pottery flask with a lentoid body, a narrow neck, and two handles for suspension (though one is now gone). Pilgrim flasks, also known as ampullae, often were stamped with symbols for where they were from; this one shows a person in the center flanked by what may be a fish or a monkey. Size: 2.75" W x 3.75" H (7 cm x 9.5 cm).

Provenance: Ex. M. Reiniger collection, Chicago, IL

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Condition
One of the handles has been broken and is missing but the rest of the piece is intact with no signs of repair; decoration is clear .
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Byzantine Pottery Pilgrim's Flask

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