Pilgrim Jar with Jewish Symbols
Pilgrim Jar with Jewish Symbols
Place of OriginProbably made in or near Jerusalem
DateLate 6th- early 7th centuries CE
DimensionsH: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.); W. (base): 7.5 cm (3 in.); Rim Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.8 cm); Diam (body): 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
MediumDark brown glass; body blown into a dip mold, rim and neck free blown, tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1359
Not on View
Collections
Published ReferencesNeuberg, Frederic, Ancient Glass,, Toronto, 1962, repr. fig. 55.
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Riefstahl, Rudolph M., "The Complexities of Ancient Glass," Apollo, vol. 86, no. 70, Dec. 1967, repr. fig. 16, p. 434.
Labino, Dominick, Visual Art in Glass, Dubuque, IA, 1968, p. 21, 24, repr. fig. 11, p. 23.
Art in Glass, a Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, OH, 1969, repr. p. 32.
Gunther, Charles F., "How Glass is Made," Toledo Museum News, New Series: vol. 15, no. 1, repr. p. 17.
Barag, Dan, "Glass Pilgrim Vessels from Jerusalem," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 12, 1970, p. 49, 56, repr. fig. 15, p. 60.
Goodenough, Erwin R., Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period, New York, 1953, vol. I, p. 170; vol. III, figs. 408-413.
Grose, David, "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art News, vol. 20, no. 3, 1978, p. 90, repr. fig. 33.
Engle, Anita, Ancient Glass in Its Context (Readings in Glass History, no. 10), Jerusalem, 1978, p. 84, repr.
Vose, Ruth Hurst, "From the Dark Ages to the Fall of Constantinople," in The History of Glass, London, 1984, repr. (col.) p. 52.
Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 52, repr. (col.) p. 53.
Exhibition HistoryThe Dayton Art Institute, The Roman World: Religions and Everyday Life (featuring the Brooklyn Museum exhbition: Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empire), September 21, 2007-January 6, 2008 (no cat.).Toledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, October 29,2010-January 8, 2012.
about 578-629
about 578-614
Late sixth to early seventh centuries
about 578-614
about 578-636 or 638
Probably early 20th century (before 1913)
Second quarter to mid-first century CE
Fifth to seventh centuries
Probably second quarter to mid-first century
Probably sixth to early seventh centuries
Sixth to early seventh centuries
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