Amphoriskos (Container for Oil)

Provenance

Azeez Khayat (1873-1943), New York City; sold to Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson, Chicago, 1928 [correpondence in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1942.

Amphoriskos (Container for Oil)

Ancient Eastern Mediterranean

2nd-mid–1st century BCE

Accession Number

45744

Medium

Glass, core-formed technique

Dimensions

11 × 6 × 4.6 cm (4 3/8 × 2 3/8 × 1 3/4 in.)

Classification

container

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson