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A work made of glass, mold-blown technique.

Pilgrimage Jug with Christian Symbols

578–636

Byzantine; Jerusalem

Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

Glass workshops outside the walls of Jerusalem mass-produced a series of hexagonal and octagonal jugs with Christian or Jewish symbols on their sides. The vessels with Christian symbols, like this example, have images of the cross alternating with diamond shapes. Such vessels were probably filled with oil from holy sites and sold to pilgrims.

Glass, mold-blown technique

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium