Amphoriskos (Container for Oil)

Provenance

Found at Zagazig, Egypt [according to Azeez Khayat, correspondence in curatorial file]; Azeez Khayat (1873-1943), New York City; sold to Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson, Chicago, 1928 [correspondence in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1941.

Amphoriskos (Container for Oil)

Ancient Eastern Mediterranean

late 6th-5th century BCE

Accession Number

43337

Medium

Glass, core-formed technique

Dimensions

11.8 × 5.8 × 5.8 cm (4 5/8 × 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 in.)

Classification

container

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson